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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Lily Dale call the doctor?
(a) The young man from Atlanta shows up on the doorstep bleeding.
(b) Pete has heart trouble.
(c) She goes into labor.
(d) Will has heart trouble.

2. What does Tom arrive with?
(a) A briefcase full of cash.
(b) A bouquet of flowers.
(c) A photo album.
(d) A rifle.

3. How old does Will say Bill was when he died?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Twenty-seven.
(c) Thirty-seven.
(d) Twenty.

4. Why does Will believe Bill committed suicide?
(a) Will says Bill was always deeply depressed.
(b) Will says Bill always looked both ways before crossing the street.
(c) Will says Bill never learned to swim.
(d) Will says Bill left a note.

5. What does Lily Dale say she wishes Bill could see?
(a) Their beautiful art collection.
(b) Their new car.
(c) The new developments in Houston.
(d) Their new house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the young man from Atlanta tell Lily Dale Bill had become before the drowning?

2. Who is Ted promoting?

3. What offer does Tom make to Will?

4. What does Clara tell Lily Dale at the top of this scene?

5. What does Will say when Lily Dale tells him the young man from Atlanta's story?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does will say he thinks the banks of Houston are running disappointment clubs?

2. In what way does Will discover that he has been foolish?

3. What does Will say happened to his son?

4. Who does Will say he is at heart?

5. Why is it particularly painful for Will that Tom is replacing him?

6. How do we know it is odd for Pete to be unable to sleep?

7. What does Lily Dale learn about Bill's religiousness from the young man from Atlanta?

8. What are the circumstances surrounding the money Lily Dale gives to the young man from Atlanta?

9. Why does Tom come by?

10. What does Alice Temple say to Lily Dale about God?

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