View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has caused regular visits between Joe and his family to be prohibitive?
(a) Rules of the hospital.
(b) Hospital expenses and long distance.
(c) Job and school demands.
(d) Nature of his disease.

2. What does Steve chide his mother about never being able to do?
(a) Go inside the cottage.
(b) Refusing to have a drink.
(c) Live a rural life.
(d) Talk to Joe about his illness.

3. Who is staying with Felicity at the cottage?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her daughter.
(d) Her son.

4. What does Felicity do to try and block out the interviewer's voice?
(a) Goes into the bedroom and shuts the door.
(b) Hums to herself.
(c) Turns the TV up very loudly.
(d) Walks out of the cottage.

5. What did Joe ask Maggie to do?
(a) Explain the situation to Steve.
(b) Bring his favorite foods.
(c) Make sure she comes happily.
(d) Talk to his doctors so she better understands things.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brian believe people are doing instead of living more authentic lives?

2. What does Brian believe has been thwarted by the mechanics of dying?

3. What does Maggie feel about her life with Joe?

4. What does the interviewer explain to Agnes what is happening to Felicity is called?

5. What does Maggie talk to Joe about at first?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 280 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample