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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the man in Act 3 wearing a hood?
(a) Because it's cold.
(b) To blend in.
(c) To hide his face.
(d) To look hip.

2. What does the new rule mean for the Old Woman?
(a) She can leave.
(b) She can stay longer.
(c) She can speak to her son.
(d) Her punishment may be severe.

3. What does the Sergeant apologize to the Young Woman for?
(a) The long wait.
(b) Her husband's condition.
(c) Being let in the wrong room.
(d) The Old Woman's hand.

4. Who is Joseph Dokes?
(a) A prisoner's son.
(b) A legendary figure.
(c) An authority at the prison.
(d) A prisoner.

5. What does the Old Woman do to help her son?
(a) Wrap him in a blanket.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Beg for his release.
(d) Give him food.

6. Why does the Young Woman scream in Act 3?
(a) She had a nightmare.
(b) She's very frustrated.
(c) Her husband has been badly beaten.
(d) She's being attacked.

7. What is the Sergeant cursing about at the beginning of Act 3?
(a) That the Young Woman is in the room.
(b) That his dinner was cold.
(c) That he can't ever get a moment of quiet.
(d) That something smells bad.

8. When the voice-over in Act 3 begins, what happens to the lights?
(a) They get brighter.
(b) They go off.
(c) They dim.
(d) Nothing.

9. What does the Prisoner have on his face at the beginning of Act 4?
(a) Dirt.
(b) Blood.
(c) Crumbs.
(d) Sweat.

10. What is the Sergeant's response to the Young Woman's offer?
(a) You're crazy.
(b) Too late.
(c) Absolutely not!
(d) No problem.

11. What does the Sergeant claim he did for the Old Woman and the prisoner?
(a) Gave them food.
(b) Helped them.
(c) Told them the meaning of life.
(d) Sold them to slavery.

12. Why does the Young Woman try to negotiate with the Sergeant?
(a) She wants money.
(b) She's bored.
(c) She wants to impress him.
(d) She's concerned for her husband.

13. What season is it (in the Young Woman and the man's voice over)?
(a) Fall.
(b) Winter.
(c) Spring.
(d) Summer.

14. The Sergeant says, "What can I do for you, dear lady, as they used to say in ________."
(a) My hometown.
(b) The prison.
(c) New York.
(d) The movies.

15. When the Sergeant says "these people," whom is he referring to?
(a) Prisoners.
(b) Guards.
(c) Women.
(d) Mountain people.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't the Old Woman respond to the prisoner?

2. Who hooded the man's head?

3. In the voice over, where are the man and Young Woman?

4. What does the Sergeant blame the "mix up" in Act 3 on?

5. What happens to the prisoner at the end of Act 4?

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