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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who cries all the time, according to Jerry?
(a) His aunt
(b) He does
(c) The woman on the third floor
(d) Peter

2. Fill in the blanks in this quote from Jerry: "Sometimes a person has to go a very long ________ out of his way to come back a short _______ correctly."
(a) Roundabout, way
(b) Route, route
(c) Distance, distance
(d) Way, way

3. Who says the following: "But Love, wasn't yesterday enough for you"
(a) Joe
(b) Peter
(c) The landlady
(d) Jerry

4. How does Peter feel about the pornographic cards?
(a) He still does not feel comfortable talking of such things.
(b) He likes them.
(c) He wants to take them from Jerry.
(d) He has seen all of them and is not bothered by them.

5. Of what does Jerry inform Peter he will learn?
(a) He will learn all about what Jerry saw at the zoo.
(b) He will learn all about Jerry before the day it through.
(c) He will learn all about himself.
(d) He will learn about the subway system.

6. What has Jerry only done once?
(a) Been with a woman.
(b) Sat in the park.
(c) Driven a car.
(d) Gone up into the Empire State Building.

7. What does Jerry want to know about the zoo?
(a) Its background.
(b) How much it costs to enter.
(c) If it is a good zoo.
(d) Its hours of operation.

8. When did Jerry ask questions about the zoo?
(a) When the two first met moments earlier.
(b) Just a moment ago.
(c) He has not yet asked a question about the zoo.
(d) Peter had asked Jerry about the zoo.

9. On what day of the week does the play take place?
(a) Sunday
(b) Monday
(c) Saturday
(d) Thursday

10. How many stories does Jerry's building have?
(a) Three
(b) One
(c) Two
(d) Four

11. Where does Peter work?
(a) A small publishing house
(b) Large corporation
(c) A school
(d) Doctor's office

12. When Jerry was fifteen, what did he say that he was?
(a) A homosexual
(b) A criminal
(c) A runaway
(d) A ladies man

13. How much does Peter make each year?
(a) $50,000
(b) $20,000
(c) $18,000
(d) $100,000

14. What can Jerry not stand to do?
(a) Leave without say goodbye to her.
(b) Be far from this woman.
(c) Be near such a woman.
(d) Ignore her.

15. When Jerry talks about his dead parents, he describes them as a particular vaudeville act that is playing the ______ circuit now.
(a) Cloud
(b) Old
(c) Quiet
(d) Ninth

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jerry 'know' Peter's answer to the question about having more kids?

2. Jerry has a small strongbox that contains what?

3. What is the first line of the play?

4. How far does a person sometimes have to go?

5. Where does the play take place?

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