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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Timmy think of his father's intelligence?
(a) He is uninformed.
(b) He is slightly below average.
(c) He is slightly above average.
(d) He is wise.

2. What is Nettie preparing for Timmy in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Oatmeal.
(b) Toast.
(c) Scrambled eggs.
(d) Waffles.

3. What has happened to many of the local boys who also went off to war?
(a) They are missing.
(b) They were killed or badly injured.
(c) They are still in the war.
(d) They returned safely.

4. What does Nettie get an aspirin for?
(a) John's headache.
(b) Timmy's headache.
(c) Her headache.
(d) The vase of roses.

5. What prevented John from joining the war?
(a) He did not want to go.
(b) He was injured.
(c) He was the head of household.
(d) He did not pass the training.

6. What does Timmy suggest to John about the roses?
(a) That he pretends they were expensive.
(b) That he pretends they are from him.
(c) That he brings a lot of attention to them.
(d) That he does not mention them.

7. What New York City do the Clearys live in?
(a) West Bronx.
(b) New York.
(c) Queens.
(d) Brooklyn.

8. What story is told in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) The story of how Nettie and John met.
(b) The story of Nettie and John's marriage.
(c) The story of Timmy's first birthday.
(d) The story of how Timmy was born.

9. What condition is the banner in?
(a) Sagging.
(b) Upside down.
(c) Torn.
(d) Straight.

10. What does Timmy do when he returns at the end of the third scene?
(a) Yells from his room to see if everything is okay.
(b) Yells from the hallway to see if everything is okay.
(c) Looks in from the window to see what has happened.
(d) Goes into the kitchen to see what has happened.

11. What does John have scheduled on the day the play opens?
(a) A job interview.
(b) A meeting with a friend.
(c) An appointment.
(d) A lunch with his boss.

12. What does Timmy offer to do after Nettie throws the roses?
(a) He offers to buy her more.
(b) He offers to apologize to the neighbors.
(c) He offers to clean them up.
(d) He offers to remember not to buy her roses again.

13. How many chairs are there in the apartment as the play opens?
(a) Two.
(b) A stack.
(c) One.
(d) A closet full.

14. How does Timmy make decisions, according to John?
(a) He follows John's lead.
(b) He follows Nettie's lead.
(c) He makes his own.
(d) He listens to his friends.

15. What are Timmy and John doing as Nettie enters the apartment in the second scene of Act 1?
(a) Telling stories.
(b) Making lunch.
(c) Telling jokes.
(d) Reading the newspaper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nettie lecture John about in the first scene of Act 1?

2. What does John say to Nettie as the third scene is ending?

3. Who is playing in the game Timmy asks his father to go to?

4. How does Nettie respond to Timmy at the end of Act 1, Scene 3?

5. What is John wondering as he and Timmy talk about the war in the second scene of Act 1?

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