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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Horace drink to prepare for his visit with the family?
(a) Sweet tea.
(b) Moonshine.
(c) Gin.
(d) Coffee.

2. What does Alexandra overhear her mother tell her father in Act 2?
(a) Zan is not his daughter.
(b) She's going to kill him.
(c) She's in love with Mr. Marshall.
(d) She hopes he dies soon.

3. What cruel statement does Regina tell Horace as they argue in Act 2?
(a) Zan is not his daughter.
(b) She has been in love with his best friend.
(c) He only wants bad things for her because of his own pending death.
(d) She hates him.

4. Who greets Horace and Alexandra when they arrive home?
(a) The entire family.
(b) Regina.
(c) Addie.
(d) Cal.

5. What basic principle is behind Horace's decision not to give Regina money for the business deal?
(a) Success.
(b) Greed.
(c) Failure.
(d) Fairness.

6. Why does Horace believe the family's business decision is wrong?
(a) They know nothing about management.
(b) They know nothing about industrialization.
(c) They will make money off the labor of men who will not be paid a fair wage.
(d) They know nothing about cotton.

7. In what way does the one who tries to stop the argument in Act 2 suggest that Horace should be approached?
(a) With a quick blow to the head.
(b) With "love and understanding."
(c) With "softness and a smile."
(d) With a gun to end his life.

8. In what city will the business deal be finalized?
(a) Portland.
(b) Savannah.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Memphis.

9. Why does Horace return from his rest to the family visit in Act 2?
(a) To let them know he changed his mind.
(b) To enjoy the dispute between his wife and her brothers.
(c) Because he left the remote control in that room.
(d) To talk with Zan.

10. What is the family waiting for at the beginning of Act 2?
(a) Mr. Marshall to arrive.
(b) Horace to arrive.
(c) A check to clear.
(d) Money to arrive by Wells Fargo.

11. What musical instrument is -- at least in part -- in the safe deposit box?
(a) Tamborine.
(b) Violin.
(c) Ukelele.
(d) Flute.

12. In Act 2, when do Regina's true feelings come out?
(a) When she realizes she's not going to travel.
(b) When Zan begs her not to fight any more.
(c) When she sees that Horace is tired and ailing.
(d) When Horace tells her no and when her brothers cut her from the deal.

13. What does Regina wonder aloud in front of her guests might have contributed to Horace's poor health?
(a) His "cheap women."
(b) His greed.
(c) His own cheapness.
(d) His "fancy women."

14. Despite the fact that Horace is tired, who pushes him to talk about the pending business deal?
(a) Regina.
(b) Oscar.
(c) Addie.
(d) Ben.

15. Armed with the knowledge of the safe deposit box, who gets a brilliant idea?
(a) Regina.
(b) Leo.
(c) Oscar.
(d) Ben.

Short Answer Questions

1. How often is the safe deposit box checked by its owner?

2. Horace learns that the family promised Mr. Marshall what kind of wages for the facility they plan to build?

3. Why does the family need to travel out of state?

4. Who mutters "over my dead body" in Act 2?

5. Which marriage is discussed before Horace meets the entire family?

(see the answer keys)

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