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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 word characterizes Zuss' and Nickles' thoughts about J.B.'s acting abilities?
(a) Grand.
(b) Positive.
(c) Negative.
(d) Sympathetic.

2. How many meanings does an allegorical story have?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) One.

3. How long does it take for J.B. and Sarah to call the police about their missing daughter?
(a) Eight hours.
(b) Nine hours.
(c) Seven hours.
(d) Six hours.

4. According to Mr. Zuss, why does Job not have a right to question God?
(a) Because God is the Creator.
(b) Because God is God.
(c) Because he wasn't worthy.
(d) Because he's only a man.

5. Some people say that J.B. is lucky, but J.B. attributes his "luck" to what?
(a) God's acts.
(b) God's thanks.
(c) God's blessings.
(d) God's knowledge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sarah arranging on the table when she and J.B. notice two drunk soldiers across the street?

2. Nickles and Zuss are what type of characters?

3. How many of J.B.'s children are in a car that is hit by a drunk driver?

4. Mr. Nickles and Mr. Zuss, in the Prologue, describe the stage as what?

5. J.B.'s song at the end of Scene 1represents what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the role of the First and Second Messenger?

2. What do Zuss and Nickles become instruments of at the end of Scene 7?

3. Who is Mr. Zuss?

4. Why are Zuss and Nickles unable to put on their masks in Scene 7?

5. Who is Zophar?

6. Why does J.B. tell Sarah not to ask each child if they thanked God?

7. Who is Mr. Nickles?

8. Why does Zuss think that nothing would influence the way J.B. acts, and that certainly being poor will not influence him?

9. What are Sarah and J.B.'s reactions to the death of David?

10. How would you, as a reader, sum up the whole of Scene 10?

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