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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does George plan to leave with Ann?
(a) The next morning
(b) That evening
(c) In a couple of days
(d) Immediately

2. To Kate, what does Larry's being dead mean?
(a) There is no God
(b) Joe killed him
(c) The war was meaningless
(d) Only one of her sons deserved to live

3. How old is Joe Keller?
(a) 61
(b) 54
(c) 70
(d) 49

4. Where does Chris leave the car that he drove around?
(a) In the street
(b) At the park
(c) In the front lawn of the Kellers' house
(d) In the Kellers' garage

5. What does Ann ask Kate to do when Chris returns home?
(a) Tell him that Larry is dead
(b) Give him permission to marry her
(c) Apologize to him for the lying
(d) Give him permission to leave town

6. Joe say Kate has been talking _____________ for three and a half years?
(a) Like a newspaper
(b) Like a ghost
(c) Like a martyr
(d) Like a maniac

7. What does Ann tell George before he leaves?
(a) She tells him she loves him
(b) She tells him she hates him
(c) She tells him to stay
(d) She tells him to go

8. Which of the following is not something Joe Keller recommends Chris do with his money if he thinks it's dirty?
(a) Give it to charity
(b) Burn it
(c) Throw it in the sewer
(d) Give it to the police

9. What does Chris mockingly call George in this scene?
(a) The avenging warrior
(b) The voice of God
(c) The white knight
(d) The hand of fate

10. Who announces to Chris that George has arrived?
(a) Kate
(b) Ann
(c) Jim
(d) Sue

11. According to his character description, how does George generally speak?
(a) Harshly
(b) Curtly
(c) Melodically
(d) Quietly

12. Until when does Chris forbid any talk of Larry returning?
(a) Until Chris dies
(b) Until Larry actually returns
(c) Until Christ comes
(d) Until hell freezes over

13. Who does Ann say is the only person who can tell her to leave the house?
(a) George
(b) Joe
(c) Chris
(d) Kate

14. What does Joe claim a man cannot be in this world?
(a) A saint
(b) A hermit
(c) A stone
(d) Jesus

15. What did Joe expect to happen to the bad cylinder heads?
(a) He thought the war would end before they were used
(b) He thought the welding would hold
(c) He thought they would get lost in transit
(d) He thought the army would catch them

Short Answer Questions

1. How far ahead of the draft was Frank Lubey?

2. Who storms out of the house at the end of the act?

3. What does Frank Lubey have with him when he arrives in the neighbor's yard in this scene?

4. What noise sends the whole neighborhood into panic at the end of the play?

5. Which of the following is not among the foods Kate mentions having in her refrigerator?

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