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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In a rage, what does April do?
(a) She hits Frank.
(b) She jumps out of the car and starts walking down the dark highway.
(c) She starts throwing objects out the window of the car.
(d) She begins to scream at Frank.

2. How is April Wheeler introduced?
(a) As a horrible actress and annoying housewife.
(b) As a lonely teenage girl.
(c) As a plain looking, quiet woman.
(d) As a beautiful, poised young woman, possessed of a lot of stage presence.

3. When April tells Frank to leave her alone, what does he do?
(a) He sits silently.
(b) He leaves her alone.
(c) He tries to hold her.
(d) He retaliates with a tirade about how it is not his fault she never became a real actress and that he's tired of being made a scapegoat.

4. What does Mrs. Givings stop by and give Frank?
(a) Sedum.
(b) A cup of sugar.
(c) A card.
(d) Gossip about the neighbors.

5. What is learned about the Givings's son, John?
(a) He is their special needs child who lives with them.
(b) He had been a math instructor at a university before he became insane.
(c) He is a serial killer who is now in prison for life.
(d) He is a wealthy doctor living on Long Island.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Frank and April begin doing to each other?

2. Why does Frank try to change the subject?

3. When did Frank and April's love affair in a seedy shack near Greenwich Village turn serious?

4. How does Frank try to change the subject?

5. What dooms the performance?

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