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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 Mr. Maurrant do when Willie appears, crying?
(a) He hugs his son.
(b) He yells at both his wife and son.
(c) He leaves to go after whoever had hurt his son.
(d) He spanks his son.

2. What do the women wonder about Sam Kaplan?
(a) What is wrong with the young man.
(b) Why he seems to like Rose.
(c) Why he is not married.
(d) If he is available.

3. For whom is the ice cream that Agnes Cushing buys?
(a) Herself.
(b) Her elderly mother whom she takes care of.
(c) Her son.
(d) The women on the stoop.

4. Who does Alice Simpson represent?
(a) The government.
(b) A bank.
(c) Child and family services.
(d) A charity.

5. What does Kaplan believe will no longer be necessary once there is no more personal property?
(a) Public housing.
(b) The family unit.
(c) Slums.
(d) Paying rent.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what does Mr. Maurrant lecture his wife?

2. How do the ladies brush off Mr. Maurrant' mood?

3. What is Rose doing as her father gets back from the bar?

4. What does Rose's father ask about Mr. Easter?

5. Who leads the rants about the current demise of society, the higher divorce rate, premarital sex, smoking, birth control, and hippies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rose say to cheer Sam up about the future?

2. Why does Alice Simpson berate Mrs. Hildebrand?

3. How do the neighbors react to the new shots that were fired?

4. What does Mr. Easter ask a police officer? What is the reply?

5. What does Mrs. Maurrant tell her daughter she has tried to do?

6. How is it evident that Mr. Maurrant is not only a grouch but also not a good father?

7. What happens after Mr. Maurrant talks to Rose?

8. What does Mr. Kaplan believe about all young people?

9. Why are the women so interested in Mr. Buchanan?

10. What does Mrs. Jones tell Mrs. Olsen?

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