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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. In Weller's rage, he confirms having what health condition, although he claimed to have no condition in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Eating issues.
(b) Psychotic episodes.
(c) Heart problems.
(d) Diabetes.

2. How does the Home, according to Weller, promote the theft of tenants' goods?
(a) By not paying well enough.
(b) By understaffing.
(c) By not making theft a firing offense.
(d) By not providing safes.

3. How many cards are dealt to the player (non-dealer)?
(a) 10.
(b) 12.
(c) 13.
(d) 11.

4. What part of gin does Fonsia wish to stick to at first?
(a) The discarding part of the game.
(b) The gin part of the game.
(c) The winning part of the game
(d) The knocking part of the game.

5. How is the second hand of the second game won in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) By Fonsia, who knocks to win.
(b) By Weller, who receives a perfect hand.
(c) By Weller, who wins in three rounds.
(d) By Fonsia, who receives a perfect hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it in Act 1, Scene 2 that makes Fonsia dizzy?

2. How long has Fonsia been at the home?

3. How many cards are dealt to the dealer in the gin game?

4. What is Weller using as a makeshift ashtray at the opening of the play?

5. What is the name of Fonsia's youngest grandchild?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why might Fonsia have thought that 'this day' was going to be particularly bad in Act 1, Scene 1?

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

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

5. What is the simple truth about old age homes - a truth not even wealth can correct, according to Weller? How might the two characters thwart this truth?

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

7. What does Fonsia's childhood suggest about her character?

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

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

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

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