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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 in the house are Barbara and Johnna at the top of Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) In the dining room.
(b) In the study.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) In the living room.

2. What does Ivy hurl to the ground and smash in Act 3, Scene 5?
(a) Her plate of food.
(b) A vase.
(c) Her wedding ring.
(d) A glass of wine.

3. Who is the man that Ivy is involved with romantically?
(a) Bill.
(b) Dwayne.
(c) Little Charles.
(d) Sheriff Gilbeau.

4. What is the last name of the boy Raymond that Violet describes in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) West.
(b) Qualls.
(c) Aiken.
(d) Fordham.

5. What are Steve and Jean doing in the kitchen at the beginning of Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Drinking beer.
(b) Watching television.
(c) Smoking a joint.
(d) Drinking wine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Barbara accuse Violet of being at the dinner table in Act 2?

2. What does Mattie Fae reveal about Little Charles to Barbara in Act 3, Scene 1?

3. Where are Barbara and Ivy in the beginning of Act 3, Scene 5?

4. What does Violet offer to give Barbara as the family begins to eat dinner in Act 2?

5. Who runs the County Squire Motel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Little Charles? What is his relationship to the Weston family?

2. What is the violence in Acts 2 and 3 representative of thematically?

3. What happens when Barbara and Violet are left alone together in Act 3, Scene 1?

4. What is the predominant theme in Act 3, Scene 1?

5. What does Sheriff Gilbeau reveal to Barbara in Act 3, Scene 4?

6. What is significant about Barbara's comment "I'm still here" in Act 3?

7. How is the theme of competition illustrated in Act 3?

8. What secret does Mattie Fae reveal to Barbara in Act 3, Scene 1?

9. How does irony come into play in the final moments of Act 3, Scene 5?

10. What is ironic about Karen's discussion of the past in Act 2?

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