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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the guard instruct the Prisoner to tell the Old Woman to do?
(a) To speak the official language.
(b) To stop flirting with the guards.
(c) To give him food.
(d) To leave.

2. The Visitors Room is also called the _______ Room.
(a) Blue.
(b) Death.
(c) Back.
(d) Friendly.

3. The second time the guard jabs the Old Woman in Act 2, it's because she said, "I have _______."
(a) Fruit.
(b) A question.
(c) Apples.
(d) Cake.

4. What time is it in Act 1?
(a) Noon.
(b) Midnight.
(c) 7 PM.
(d) 5 PM.

5. What is the Young Woman's first complaint?
(a) A very rude man won't leave her alone.
(b) The officers aren't being very nice.
(c) The Old Woman's hand is injured.
(d) There are no benches to sit on.

6. What kind of dog bit the Old Woman?
(a) A Poodle.
(b) A Pit Bull.
(c) A Golden Retriever.
(d) A Dobermann Pinscher.

7. The officers are meant to represent:
(a) The capital.
(b) Women.
(c) Artists.
(d) Poor people.

8. What is the primary emotion in the old Woman and the Prisoner's conversation?
(a) Hate.
(b) Love.
(c) Indifference.
(d) Fear.

9. The first time the guard jabs the Old Woman in Act 2, it's because she said, "I have _______."
(a) A son.
(b) A question.
(c) A stomachache.
(d) Bread.

10. Why does the guard jab the Old Woman?
(a) She is speaking mountain language.
(b) She is telling her son how to escape.
(c) She is getting sassy.
(d) She 's cursing the capital.

11. What is the Old Woman doing at the beginning of Act 2?
(a) Eating.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Smoking.
(d) Sitting.

12. What do the guard and the prisoner have in common?
(a) They hate their mothers.
(b) They're both married.
(c) They are very tall.
(d) They hate the capital.

13. Who does the Old Woman say is waiting for the prisoner?
(a) An old friend.
(b) His baby.
(c) A tax collector.
(d) The police.

14. What does the Prisoner call the Old Woman?
(a) Sir.
(b) Lady.
(c) Mother.
(d) Madame.

15. What language is outlawed?
(a) The capital's.
(b) Mountain language.
(c) English.
(d) Gibberish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Prisoner doing at the beginning of Act 2?

2. How many times is the Young Woman asked to state her name?

3. What is at the Old Woman's feet as she waits at the prison wall?

4. How does the Young Woman respond when asked her name?

5. In what country does "Mountain Language" take place?

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