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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 does Bernie try to find when he and Carol are visiting, though she tells him not to worry about it?
(a) A baby bootie.
(b) Photo albums.
(c) Birth certificate.
(d) A baby journal.

2. What does Bernie say he looks at all the time to remember the good old days?
(a) Pictures of Carol.
(b) The box of toys Carol used to have.
(c) Pictures of Ruth.
(d) His army pictures.

3. What does Bernie tell Carol she is, again, as he continues to tell her this in the play?
(a) Lucky.
(b) Smart.
(c) Short.
(d) Good looking.

4. Bernie welcomes ______________ in his apartment at the start of the play.
(a) Leslie.
(b) Julie.
(c) Carol.
(d) Gerry.

5. Who does Carol say helped her track down Bernie so she could meet up with him?
(a) AARP.
(b) AA.
(c) His high school.
(d) VA.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bernie says that being a man of the world, being a bad ________ doesn't really mean anything.

2. What does Bernie tell Carol to do about her job if she isn't satisfied with how it is going?

3. Bernie shrugs off the ____________ of the previous scene and continues with the conversation.

4. Carol thinks she's gotten her good looks from her _____________, and she tells him so.

5. Bernie describes his younger years and times as ways of getting __________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the joke that Bernie makes about the gift he presents to Carol in this scene?

2. What does Carol admit to Bernie as being the reason why she wanted to talk with him?

3. Why can't Bernie quite understand why he got fired from his phone company job?

4. What did Bernie do to his car when he went to the holiday party during the story he shares with Carol?

5. Why did Bernie chew out a young lieutenant when he was in the military, according to his side of the story?

6. What is the story behind Carol finally being able to find Bernie where he's living now?

7. Why did Bernie get fired from the phone company, according to the story Bernie relates at the start of the chapter?

8. What does Carol say has affected her marriage, in her opinion, when she talks with Bernie?

9. What are Carol and Gerry talking about, that she shares with Bernie as they are talking together?

10. Why has Bernie never given anyone jewelry before this particular day?

(see the answer keys)

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