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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does April tell Shep she missed out on?
(a) Vacations with her family.
(b) Getting to know him better.
(c) Time with her family.
(d) Love affairs.

2. What does Millie recall about her feelings at the closing of the sale of the house of Revolutionary Road?
(a) How upset she was.
(b) How excited she was.
(c) How sad she was.
(d) How nervous she was.

3. What is Frank doing while April is hiding in the dark?
(a) He sits alone in the quiet house with all the lights off.
(b) He is drinking at a bar.
(c) He is talking to Maureen on the telephone.
(d) He is watching his children sleep.

4. Frank goes to lengths to project what?
(a) The love he feels for April.
(b) A strong masculinity of the sort that first drew April to him.
(c) A sense of understanding.
(d) His feelings of compromise.

5. All four walk outside to the parking lot to discover what?
(a) The Campbells' car has been broken into.
(b) The Campbells' car is missing.
(c) The Campbells' car is blocked in place by other cars.
(d) The Campbells' car has a flat tire.

6. What does April do with what she has retrieved?
(a) She stares at it.
(b) She tears it up and throws it away.
(c) She reads it over and over again.
(d) She burns it.

7. With spring approaching, what does Shep recall?
(a) His feelings for April.
(b) The first time he met April.
(c) The previous spring and working with April as a cast member of The Petrified Forest for the Laurel Players.
(d) The last time he saw April.

8. About what does Shep snarl and curse under his breath?
(a) How Frank had become an angry, bitter man.
(b) How Frank had not allowed an abortion earlier.
(c) How Frank had been turned into pleasant, empty shell of a man since April's death.
(d) How Frank had allowed April to kill herself.

9. Why does Jennifer, the older child, become sullen?
(a) The family is no longer moving to Europe.
(b) As she tries to figure out what is going on.
(c) She is in a fight with her best friend.
(d) The family is still moving to Europe.

10. Does John accept Frank's explanation for why they decided not to move?
(a) Yes.
(b) Somewhat.
(c) No.
(d) For a moment.

11. What does Frank do while out with his wife and the Campbells?
(a) He sneaks out to see Maureen.
(b) He leaves by himself.
(c) He gets upset.
(d) He gets high.

12. After the Givings leave, what does Frank Wheeler do?
(a) He takes a nap.
(b) He complains to his wife.
(c) He pours himself a stiff drink.
(d) He talks to his children.

13. Of what does April assure Jennifer?
(a) People are nicer in Europe.
(b) She will have a wonderful time in Europe.
(c) They will not stay in Europe very long.
(d) The move to Europe will be for a very long time.

14. About what does Frank tell Pollock?
(a) How horrible it is working for Knox Machine Company.
(b) The time he visited New York with his father, who expected a promotion.
(c) Pollock is not very good at his job.
(d) How unhappy he is.

15. Why does Frank says what John says is wrong?
(a) John is confused.
(b) John is insane.
(c) John is cruel.
(d) John is a stranger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frank Wheeler tell his wife concerns him?

2. What does Pollock do when he learns of Frank's plans to leave the company?

3. What does Mrs. Givings buy for companionship and to help heal the emotional scars of the Wheelers' tragedy?

4. How does Frank respond to this woman's comments about Maureen?

5. What does the note say that April writes to Frank?

(see the answer keys)

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