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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. Where is Jerry's room in this building?
(a) The top floor
(b) The ground floor
(c) The basement
(d) The bottom floor

2. What is obvious about the two men?
(a) The two men have never previously met, and obviously come from different worlds.
(b) The two men are instantly comfortable with each other.
(c) They have met before.
(d) They are related.

3. Where did Jerry's mom go when she left?
(a) He has no idea
(b) Europe
(c) The southern states
(d) Alaska

4. What do each of Peter's daughters have?
(a) Their own room.
(b) A parakeet encaged in her room.
(c) A hobby.
(d) A favorite doll.

5. When Jerry talks about being with ladies, he says that most of them wouldn't be caught in the same room with a _______.
(a) Him
(b) Camera
(c) Peter
(d) Dog

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jerry realize that he has yet to do?

2. Jerry never sees ladies more than _______.

3. Who did Jerry live with for most of his life?

4. What else does Jerry want to know about Peter?

5. About what else does he wonder nervously?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does the play The Zoo Story take place?

2. What does Jerry admit to as Peter is pushed all the way over to one side of the bench?

3. How will Peter learn what Jerry learned at the zoo, according to Jerry?

4. What does Jerry tell Peter at the end of the scene?

5. What does Jerry ask Peter about his family?

6. Why did Peter talk to Jerry in the first place, according to Peter?

7. What does Peter threaten to do if Jerry does not leave his bench?

8. What happened to the person that Jerry then moved in with?

9. When Peter tells Jerry he must be getting home, what does Jerry do for the first time during the play?

10. What does the landlady want Jerry to do for the dog?

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