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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do ellipses within the play indicate?
(a) That the dialogue is meant to be spoken aloud.
(b) Active silences.
(c) Overlapping lines.
(d) Words intended but unspoken.

2. What do slashes within the play indicate?
(a) Active silences.
(b) That the dialogue is meant to be spoken aloud.
(c) Words intended but unspoken.
(d) Overlapping lines.

3. What transgression had Eddie committed to become unemployed?
(a) He had been fired for stealing.
(b) He had been late to work too many times.
(c) He had lost his license due to a DUI.
(d) He had been fired for sexual harassment.

4. In what state does the play take place?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) New York.
(c) Virginia.
(d) New Jersey.

5. In what city is Ani's new apartment located?
(a) Hoboken.
(b) Newark.
(c) Jersey City.
(d) Bayonne.

6. Ani's therapist had told her that what kind of therapy would help her body to repair itself?
(a) Music therapy.
(b) Hydrotherapy.
(c) Color therapy.
(d) Physical therapy.

7. How many of the play's 9 scenes are noted to occur on "the same Friday night in December" (5)?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

8. Scene Two takes place within what month?
(a) April.
(b) December.
(c) January.
(d) September.

9. Toward the end of the Prologue, Eddie laments that he has been "stood up" (17) by what?
(a) A friend.
(b) An enemy.
(c) A ghost.
(d) An older woman.

10. What weather is happening throughout Scene Two?
(a) It is snowing.
(b) It is cold and clear.
(c) It is raining.
(d) There is a thunderstorm occurring.

11. What items does Ani discover Eddie's girlfriend is about to bring to Eddie when he is still in Ani's apartment?
(a) Suitcases.
(b) Garbage bags.
(c) Keys.
(d) Flashlights.

12. Ani declares that Eddie's girlfriend must have what quality?
(a) Isolation.
(b) Patience.
(c) Beauty.
(d) A death wish.

13. How old is Eddie?
(a) Mid-20s.
(b) Late 40s.
(c) Early 40s.
(d) Mid-30s.

14. What language is used to describe the nature of Ani's new apartment?
(a) High-rise.
(b) Assisted living.
(c) Accessible.
(d) Subsidized.

15. The character notes describing Ani state that to some people, Ani can seem a bit what?
(a) Arrogant.
(b) Aloof.
(c) Brusque.
(d) Brash.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ani threaten to do if Eddie does not allow her to mail his belongings?

2. Ani is described as a woman whose "world has not extended very far beyond" what area?

3. For what reason does Jess appear at John's door at the start of Scene One?

4. How many characters are listed within the section entitled "Folks" (5)?

5. Though Ani is described with the qualities of a quadriplegic, she has partial function in what body parts?

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