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Who is Ruth? (from Scene 1)

Dan's mother.

Alice's sister.

Dan's girlfriend.

Alice's girlfriend.

Who does Dan ask to go to the country with him, and why is his choice significant? (from Scene 5)

Larry: it's significant because he's trying to make friends with him.

Ruth: it's significant because it means he wants to get back together with her.

Anna: it's significant because he doesn't ask Alice, who is his girlfriend.

Alice: it's significant because he doesn't ask Anna, who is his girlfriend.

What suggestion does Larry make in Scene 10 about Alice's scar? (from Scene 10)

That she has a particular medical condition and she gave it to herself.

That she got it as a result of a bad date at the strip club.

That she got it when her father got drunk and lost his temper with her.

That she's telling the truth when she says she got it in America.

Which action earlier in the play is clearly echoed by the reference to Dan having kissed Alice on the forehead in the aftermath of the accident on the day they met? (from Scene 11)

Larry kissing Anna on the forehead before signing the divorce papers (Scene 8).

Larry kissing Alice on the forehead at the strip club (Scene 7).

Dan kissing Anna on the forehead as he's leaving (Scene 5).

Dan kissing Alice on the forehead as he's leaving (Scene 5).

Why is Alice's explanation later in the scene of how she got her scar ironic? (from Scene 5)

Because earlier in the play she said that it wasn't easy to tell the truth about how she got the scar: here, it seems to come out without any difficulty or lies.

Because earlier in the play she told Dan that she would never tell anyone the truth about how she got the scar.

Because earlier in the scene, she complained about Anna's photographs not telling the truth: in her story about the scar, she finally seems to be telling someone the truth.

Because earlier in the scene, she complained about Anna's photographs not telling the truth: in her story about the scar, she also seems to be not telling the truth.