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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Fonsia wins the first gin game by doing what?
(a) By trapping Weller with high cards and knocking.
(b) By calling gin and leaving the hand open, and having nothing to discard.
(c) By being dealt the perfect hand and calling gin immediately.
(d) By picking up Weller's discarded Jack and calling gin.

2. What three cards does Weller need to win at the end of Act 1?
(a) Any ace.
(b) Any 5, any 6, or the 7 of Clubs.
(c) Only the 7of Clubs.
(d) Any 2 or the King of Clubs.

3. Weller suggests what about his business partners in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) That they charged more than was right for their consulting.
(b) That they were trouble.
(c) That they were unethical.
(d) That they want him back in the business.

4. What illness does Weller claim he suffers from in Act One?
(a) An advanced case of hum bug.
(b) An advanced case writer's block.
(c) An advanced case of tooth decay.
(d) An advanced case of old age.

5. What game is Weller playing at the opening of the play?
(a) Five card draw.
(b) Cribbage.
(c) Texas hold 'em.
(d) Solitaire.

6. How old is Fonsia's oldest grandchild?
(a) 8.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 18.

7. According to Weller, what is the one sin in card playing?
(a) Drawing to an inside straight.
(b) Playing with joker's wild.
(c) Betting on the draw.
(d) Discarding the ace of spades.

8. How was Fonsia raised?
(a) As a Southern Baptist.
(b) As a 'stoic Presbyterian.'
(c) As an 'old time Methodist.'
(d) As an Orthodox Jew.

9. According to Weller, how can you get more Hollywoods traveling West?
(a) Because of headwinds.
(b) Because there are always more people going that direction.
(c) Because of the number of stops.
(d) Because you get one more Hollywood in LA.

10. What is Weller using as a makeshift ashtray at the opening of the play?
(a) A hub cap.
(b) The side of the porch.
(c) The lid of a biscuit tin.
(d) An old shoe.

11. What day does Act 1, Scene 2 take place?
(a) 1 day after the day of the first scene.
(b) 3 days after the day of the first scene.
(c) 1 week after the day of the first scene.
(d) 1 month after the day of the first scene.

12. What is it in Act 1, Scene 2 that makes Fonsia dizzy?
(a) Lack of sleep.
(b) Pills.
(c) The hot weather.
(d) Her winning streak.

13. What mistake does Fonsia make in the first hand of the first game that spoils the round?
(a) Fonsia tells Weller she has all four aces.
(b) Fonsia calls gin without discarding.
(c) Fonsia lays down a pair without having gin.
(d) Fonsia lays her cards up face first.

14. According to Fonsia and Weller, what does the Home lack more than anything else?
(a) Decent conversation.
(b) Sufficient staff.
(c) Entertainment.
(d) Cuisine.

15. How many points do Fonsia and Weller play to in their first game?
(a) 50 point.
(b) 100 points.
(c) 200 points.
(d) 150 points.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kept Weller from relocating with his family?

2. According to Weller, how does Fonsia play the first hand well?

3. How does the Home, according to Weller, promote the theft of tenants' goods?

4. Weller claims that what is 'a racket'?

5. Weller draws what insult from the following statement by Fonsia: "I can't help it"?

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