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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. Why does Maggie plead with Brick?
(a) She wants to adopt a child
(b) She cannot bear his indifference any longer
(c) She wants to return to their home
(d) She wants to buy some new clothes

2. What function does the setting also serve?
(a) A voting hall
(b) A sitting room
(c) A fishing hole
(d) A town hall

3. What does Maggie call Mae's children?
(a) Balls of sugar
(b) Little darlings
(c) Minor annoyances
(d) No-neck monsters

4. What does Maggie offer Brick as some relief from the summer heat?
(a) Some cold lemonade
(b) A cold beer
(c) A dip in the pool
(d) An alcohol rub

5. Why is the inheritance such a critical factor now?
(a) Big Mama had a stroke
(b) Big Daddy is dying of cancer
(c) The stock market is plunging
(d) Brick needs the money

Short Answer Questions

1. Who interrupts Brick and Maggie as they argue?

2. Where is Brick hiding while Big Mama chastises Maggie?

3. What does Maggie admit to Brick?

4. What did the family discuss at dinner which Brick missed?

5. What does Brick advise Maggie to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Gooper and Mae react upon hearing that Brick is Big Daddy's favorite child?

2. What is the official start of Big Daddy's birthday party?

3. What is Big Mama's reaction after learning of Bid Daddy's terminal cancer diagnosis?

4. Explain how Maggie seizes the opportunity to take control of all the inheritance talk.

5. How does Williams use the literary technique of flashback in this act?

6. Explain the ways Brick and Maggie are positioned unfavorably as well as favorably for Big Daddy's inheritance.

7. Why has the subject of the inheritance risen in importance?

8. What are Big Daddy's current thoughts about who to leave the plantation to when he dies?

9. What is Big Daddy's experience with mendacity?

10. Why does Brick suffer such guilt over Skipper's suicide?

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