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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. When Weller begins losing his temper at the game, Fonsia threatens what?
(a) To start playing seriously.
(b) To start keeping score herself.
(c) To stop playing.
(d) To beat him without letting him score a single point.

2. Fonsia has how many siblings?
(a) 1 sibling.
(b) 4 siblings.
(c) 3 siblings.
(d) 2 siblings.

3. What does Weller think drives the management of the Home to provide entertainment?
(a) That without entertainment the tenants would 'find some other dive to die in.'
(b) That without entertainment the tenants would 'turn them in for their cooking.'
(c) That without entertainment the tenants would 'drop dead... en masse.'
(d) That without entertainment the tenants would 'revolt.'

4. What home does Fonsia wish to go to?
(a) The Calvinist home.
(b) The Presbyterian home.
(c) The Lutheran home.
(d) The Catholic home.

5. What scoring system does Weller employ in scoring gin?
(a) The Hollywood basis.
(b) The Kansis Style.
(c) The English basis.
(d) The Omaha method.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Fonsia's sister live?

2. Fonsia wins the first gin game by doing what?

3. According to Fonsia, the staff never offers her 'her' medicine, but instead patronizingly does what?

4. What part of gin does Fonsia wish to stick to at first?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the moment of faintness that Fonsia suffers in Act 1, Scene 2 reveal about the two characters?

2. In Act 1, Scene 1, what conditions find the two characters at the home?

3. What do the costumes of the two characters at the opening of Act 1, Scene 2 suggest?

4. According to Weller, what does he believe drives the staff's constant need to entertain the residents of the home?

5. How does Fonsia win the last hand of Act 1, Scene 1, and what might this foreshadow?

6. What does the attire of the two characters suggest about their respective attitudes in Act 1, Scene 1?

7. How would you characterize the questions Weller makes to Fonsia, and how do they propel the first scene of the play?

8. What is Fonsia's concern for Weller at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?

9. In Act 1, Scene 1, what does the condition of the stage setting suggest about the financial standing of the residents?

10. How does the scoring, according to the Hollywood style, work in gin?

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