View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jerry quickly respond?
(a) With agitation.
(b) With anger.
(c) With surprise.
(d) With inquisitiveness.

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

3. By what is Peter stunned?
(a) Jerry's enthusiasm.
(b) Jerry's anger.
(c) Jerry's misfortune.
(d) Jerry's attitude.

4. What does Jerry begin to ask Peter?
(a) Where he is from.
(b) Why he is in New York.
(c) Why he is in the park.
(d) About the zoo.

5. When Jerry shares that he doesn't like to talk to people all the time, Peter wonders if he is to be the _________ for the day.
(a) Target
(b) Lab rat
(c) Special person
(d) Guinea pig

6. How does Jerry look?
(a) Shy and quiet.
(b) Wealthy and sophisticated.
(c) More unkempt, disheveled and rugged.
(d) Reserved and classic-looking.

7. What does Jerry say that Peter probably threw out when he got married?
(a) His dirty magazines
(b) His freedom
(c) Pornographic cards
(d) His sporting equipment

8. Why does he have to go this distance?
(a) To meet new people.
(b) To get exercise.
(c) To see the city in which he or she lives.
(d) To come back a short distance correctly.

9. What does Jerry do on a daily basis?
(a) Cleans the landlady's apartment.
(b) Manages to escape this woman.
(c) Talks to the landlady.
(d) Buys groceries.

10. Where can this play occur?
(a) An park in any city.
(b) Anywhere.
(c) Any park in New York City.
(d) Only in Central Park.

11. How long was Jerry's mom gone?
(a) A year
(b) A month
(c) A week
(d) A decade

12. What does Jerry's typewriter type?
(a) Only lower case letters
(b) Nothing
(c) Only capital letters
(d) Only consonants

13. What does Jerry become when he sees that Peter is angry with him?
(a) Happy.
(b) Worried.
(c) Angry.
(d) Surprised.

14. Who was his mom's most constant companion?
(a) Pop
(b) A woman named Sue
(c) Her dog
(d) Mr. Barleycorn

15. How does Peter laugh?
(a) Exuberantly.
(b) Excitedly.
(c) Nervously.
(d) Quietly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Peter say in reaction to the description of the landlady?

2. Where does the play take place?

3. This character is in his early-forties and has a pressed and neat appearance:

4. What does Jerry blatantly tell Peter?

5. What does Jerry tell Peter will happen to him if he uses a pipe?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 422 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample