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

2. John describes his cerebral palsy as feeling like what action is taking place beneath his skin?
(a) Like bolts of lightning are hitting him.
(b) Like tiny hammers are hitting him.
(c) Like people are hitting him.
(d) Like a slow fire is burning.

3. The character notes indicate that Eddie "would have made a great" (7) what?
(a) Uncle.
(b) Father.
(c) Brother.
(d) Husband.

4. How many characters are listed within the section entitled "Folks" (5)?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

5. What is Jess's answer when John asks her why she wants a job?
(a) For the money.
(b) To provide a front for her illegal business.
(c) To give her somewhere to live.
(d) To occupy her time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do ellipses within the play indicate?

2. How old is Eddie?

3. Once Eddie leaves Ani alone in her apartment, what activity does she undertake?

4. What do non-italicized parentheses within the play indicate?

5. Ani sarcastically tells Eddie that she has been thinking about trying what activity to improve her mood?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways is Scene Two similar to Scene One, in terms of theme and structure?

2. What suggestions does Eddie have for Ani the second he walks into her new accessible apartment?

3. What does Ani say will happen if her fingers are not kept flat upon her wheelchair pad?

4. What do Ani's text messages to Eddie during their marriage symbolize?

5. How does the motif of music arise in Scene Two?

6. What does Eddie do for a living?

7. What evidence lies within Scene Two that suggests that Ani has hope of regaining her physical proclivities?

8. What story does Jess finally tell John to placate him?

9. What is the significance of Eddie's comment that he could hold off on the divorce papers?

10. What is one theme represented within one of the three quotes within the Epigraph section?

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