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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. What brought Sandy to Curt in Act 1, Scene 8?
(a) The date Curt and Sandy planned.
(b) Guilt over Sandy's date with Doug.
(c) Curt's desperate call in the middle of the night.
(d) Heather has a lot of people at Sandy's apartment.

2. When does Act 2, Scene 1, take place?
(a) A year after Sandy came to Curt's apartment in the middle of the night.
(b) The morning after Sandy spent the night.
(c) Two days after Sandy was invited to spend the night.
(d) The middle of that same night.

3. How does Doug react to Curt's thoughts about jail?
(a) Doug is tired of dealing with Curt and wants him to go to jail.
(b) Doug thinks Curt needs to pay attention to his life because he deserves the best in this world.
(c) Doug feels scared for Curt and promises to try and help him.
(d) Doug agrees to take part of the blame so Curt won't be in as much trouble.

4. What interrupts the conversation between Curt and Sandy in Act 2, Scene 5?
(a) A buzzing that alerts Sandy to the police arrival.
(b) Sandy's next appointment.
(c) Beth coming to win Curt back.
(d) Doug coming to warn Curt.

5. What kind of work does Sandy tell Curt she not be willing to do?
(a) Prostitution again.
(b) Factory work.
(c) Retail.
(d) Food service.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Beth react to Sandy being in Curt's apartment at the beginning of Act 2?

2. In Act 2, Scene 6, what does Curt reveal was his plan for the money he stole for Sandy?

3. Why does Curt think Beth keeps dating him?

4. What does Curt say in Act 1, Scene 8, that Sandy interprets as the meanest thing anyone has ever said to her?

5. What happens with the prostitutes in Act 2, Scene 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is there evidence in Act 2,Scene 1, to justify Beth being upset that Sandy is wearing Curt's clothes and has obviously been sleeping at the apartment?

2. Sandy's mother has been married five times. Why was the death of one of those husbands so upsetting to her?

3. What about Sandy's personality makes her horrified at Curt stealing the money? Use examples from the play to support your answer.

4. Is there evidence in the play to support the idea that Curt's stealing may be related to his past?

5. How does Heather react to what has happened with Sandy's apartment?

6. How does Curt react to Beth's suggestion that he move past his childhood in Act 2, Scene 3?

7. In Act 2, Scene 5, what are Curt's reasons for stealing the money for Sandy?

8. Based on the description of the Act 2, Scene 1, setting, what can we assume about Curt and Sandy's sleeping arrangements?

9. Is there evidence to support Curt holding Beth's middle-class upbringing against her in Act 2, Scene 3?

10. In Act 2, Scene 6, when does Curt realize he has made a terrible mistake?

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