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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 Miss Yorke ask for?
(a) Money.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) The graduation dresses.
(d) The keys to the closet.

2. What is the little boy playing with?
(a) A train.
(b) A ball.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) A dog.

3. What does the priest not want to happen to Rosario's body?
(a) For it to be sent back to Italy.
(b) For it to be cremated.
(c) For it to be buried.
(d) For it to be disfigured.

4. What does Serafina say Bessie and Flora are crazy about?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Clowning.
(c) Men.
(d) Entertaining.

5. What is Rosario's mark?
(a) A rose petal.
(b) A rose heart.
(c) A bluebell tattoo.
(d) A rose tattoo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two cities is the play's setting located between?

2. What happened to Rosario's body when his vehicle crashed?

3. What type of material is Serafina holding?

4. What of the following words best describes Serafina?

5. What can the audience hear inside the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Flora and Bessie say they will do if Serafina does not finish their blouses?

2. Describe Alvaro.

3. Why does Father de Leo think Serafina has gone off the deep end?

4. Why does Serafina say she does not want to make friends with her neighbors?

5. Why is Serafina frustrated at the beginning of this scene?

6. How do the women react to Estelle's appearance?

7. How does the audience immediately understand that the owner of the house is a dressmaker?

8. Why can Rosa still graduate despite the fact she had not attended any exams?

9. Why did Rosa run to the bathroom at the dance?

10. How does Rosa react to her father's death?

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