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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What grades are shown on Eugene’s report card in Act II?
(a) All A’s
(b) Three A’s and two B’s
(c) Four A’s and one B
(d) Four B’s and one A

2. Why does Blanche claim she had trouble putting on her makeup for her date in Act II?
(a) Her eyelids were twitching
(b) Her hands were shaking badly
(c) She can’t see without her glasses
(d) Her skin was sunburned

3. Why is Frank at fault for his hospitalization in Act II?
(a) He was driving drunk
(b) He was beaten up at a poker game
(c) He was arrested after hitting a policeman
(d) He was baiting a dog that bit him

4. Laurie first says that her mother looks like what movie star when she descends the stairs for her date in Act II?
(a) Betty Grable
(b) Rosalind Russell
(c) Irene Dunne
(d) Katharine Hepburn

5. What flavor ice cream does Jack tell Eugene to get for his mother in Act II?
(a) Vanilla
(b) Butter pecan
(c) Cherry
(d) Chocolate

6. How many “terrific lies” does Eugene tell Stanley he came up with for him to explain the missing money in Act II?
(a) 15
(b) 12
(c) 10
(d) 5

7. How much money does Eugene say is his “life’s savings” stored in his cigar box in Act II?
(a) $4.32
(b) $5
(c) $21.50
(d) $1.12

8. What kind of ice cream does Laurie say she wants for dessert in Act II?
(a) Chocolate
(b) Butter pecan
(c) Maple walnut
(d) Cherry vanilla

9. Eugene tells his brother in Act II, “Pop isn’t going to die. He ate” what “tonight”?
(a) Three lamb chops
(b) Salad and soup
(c) Two bowls of ice cream
(d) Two roast beef sandwiches

10. Why does Eugene say his knee hurts in the beginning of Act II?
(a) He got hit with a baseball
(b) He fell down the stairs at school
(c) He ran for six miles
(d) He was beaten up by a bully

11. Stanley has been fired from his job for doing what?
(a) Beating up his coworker
(b) Standing up for a coworker
(c) Being persistently late to work
(d) Stealing from his boss

12. Eugene claims in Act II, “I’d give up writing if I could” what?
(a) Travel to Europe and fight in the war
(b) See a girl naked while I was eating ice cream
(c) Have a date with a girl
(d) Play for the Boston Red Sox

13. Who does Laurie decide her mother looks like before she leaves for her date in Act II?
(a) Katharine Hepburn
(b) Carole Lombard
(c) Grace Kelly
(d) Audrey Hepburn

14. Eugene says that his cousin Nora has been seeing what guy every night in Act II?
(a) William Ross
(b) Michael Stuart
(c) Larry Clurman
(d) James Handy

15. Eugene says he guesses his mom is upset because she and Jack can’t go to the affair where in Act II?
(a) The Commodore Hotel
(b) The Metropolitan Museum of Art
(c) Carnegie Hall
(d) The Avery Theater

Short Answer Questions

1. Stanley says in Act II that when he claimed to have lost money in November, he actually did what with it?

2. Stanley makes Eugene promise him that he’ll do what in the future in Act II?

3. What physical ailment has Jack suffered prior to the opening of Act II?

4. The men that Stanley gambled with are described in Act II as wearing “black pointy shoes with” what “on their socks”?

5. How long does Blanche ask to keep the girls at the Jerome house while she looks for work in Act II?

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