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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 can't the Old Woman do?
(a) Write.
(b) Sing.
(c) Follow orders.
(d) Speak the official language.

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

3. The Officer says the women are _______ people.
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Good.
(c) Mountain.
(d) Intelligent.

4. What time did the women arrive at the prison?
(a) Noon.
(b) 5 PM.
(c) 9 AM.
(d) 7 AM.

5. What isn't the guard's fault, according to the guard?
(a) That it's cold.
(b) That the prisoner is treated badly.
(c) That he's mean.
(d) That the Old Woman can't understand.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Sergeant says: "But you're not saying they're without _______!"

2. The Visitors Room is also called the _______ Room.

3. What is the Young Woman's second complaint?

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

5. What characterizes the Prisoner's family?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Sergeant describe the gathering at the beginning of Act 3? Why?

2. Does the guard have the same attitude in Act 4 as in Act 2?

3. Why doesn't the Old Woman help her son?

4. What is the Old Woman and her son's relationship like?

5. Does the Old Woman follow the new rule in Act 4?

6. Why is the prisoner a "joker?"

7. Why does the guard have a hostile attitude toward the Old Woman and the son?

8. Why does Sarah Johnson look like an "intellectual?"

9. Why doesn't the Old Woman speak in Act 1?

10. How does Act 3 reflect Act 2?

(see the answer keys)

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