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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Timmy ask his father about the roses?
(a) Why he bought them in the first place.
(b) Why Nettie didn't seem to like them very much.
(c) Why he refused to buy them in the first place.
(d) Why he told Nettie who bought them.

2. What does Nettie have in her purse that makes it so heavy?
(a) A bowling ball.
(b) Coins.
(c) Gold bars.
(d) A book.

3. How does Nettie initially respond to Timmy in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) She lectures him.
(b) She begins to laugh.
(c) She has no reaction.
(d) She begins to cry.

4. What time does John think he will call the police?
(a) Twelve o'clock.
(b) One o'clock.
(c) Two o'clock.
(d) Eleven o'clock.

5. What is John thinking of renting for the summer?
(a) The parking space.
(b) The guest room.
(c) The lake house.
(d) The basement.

6. How does John view Timmy's life compared to his own?
(a) He thinks Timmy has had a tough time.
(b) He thinks Timmy works harder than he did.
(c) He thinks Timmy does not work as hard as he did.
(d) He thinks Timmy has had it made.

7. How does Nettie reach for her purse at the end of the first scene in Act 2?
(a) Angrily.
(b) After Timmy does.
(c) Before Timmy does.
(d) At the same time as Timmy does.

8. What does Nettie inform John that she and Timmy argued about?
(a) The roses.
(b) Her purse.
(c) Him.
(d) Her constant disappearing acts.

9. What does Nettie criticize constantly, according to Timmy?
(a) John's job.
(b) John's friends.
(c) The lake house.
(d) The apartment.

10. What does John caution Timmy about his drinking?
(a) That it is causing him to become paranoid.
(b) John does not caution Timmy about his drinking.
(c) That it puts him in a bad mood.
(d) That he is doing too much of it.

11. What does John blame for Nettie's disappearance as he talks to her?
(a) Timmy's immaturity.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Timmy's drinking.
(d) His attitude.

12. Why is John baffled about Nettie's disappearance?
(a) She had too much money when she left.
(b) She has never left the apartment before.
(c) She has nowhere to go.
(d) She did not have any money when she left.

13. What does Nettie sense as Timmy walks into the room in the third scene of Act 2?
(a) That he does not understand why she is sitting there.
(b) That he understands why she is sitting there.
(c) That he does not know what to say.
(d) That he wants to tell her something.

14. What does Nettie give Timmy with his coffee?
(a) Milk and toast.
(b) Sugar and toast.
(c) Cream and toast.
(d) Milk and sugar.

15. What does John say about the meal at Nettie's mother's house?
(a) That he will try to be there.
(b) That he will be there.
(c) That he doesn't understand why he has to be there.
(d) That he will not be there.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nettie's idea of a vacation?

2. What does John call Nettie and Timmy, according to Timmy?

3. How long can Nettie not go without seeing her mother, according to Timmy?

4. What happened to Nettie's face after the incident with the boy?

5. Why does Timmy leave in the second scene of Act 2?

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