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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Nettie and John arguing about as the second act begins?
(a) How cold the coffee is.
(b) How expensive the coffee was.
(c) The strength of the coffee.
(d) The amount of coffee there is.

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

3. Who was the last one to see Nettie before she disappeared?
(a) Timmy.
(b) Her cousin.
(c) John.
(d) Her mother.

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

5. What day is it at the start of Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Monday.

6. What did Nettie do instead of reporting to work for the first job she describes?
(a) She went in early and resigned.
(b) She told them that she had accepted another job.
(c) She called in sick.
(d) She just didn't show up for it.

7. What is peculiar to Timmy?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Everything.

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

9. What did a boy throw at Nettie before her new job was scheduled to start?
(a) An apple core.
(b) A peach pit.
(c) A book.
(d) A rock.

10. How long was Nettie away for?
(a) Eight hours.
(b) Twelve hours.
(c) Five hours.
(d) Eleven Hours.

11. What does Timmy request for his coffee?
(a) Milk.
(b) Cream.
(c) Sugar.
(d) More water.

12. What can Timmy notice about the way his mother is acting in the third scene of Act 2?
(a) She is deep in thought.
(b) She is depressed.
(c) She is confused about everything.
(d) She is very mad.

13. What does Timmy tell John the argument he had with Nettie was about?
(a) John.
(b) His drinking.
(c) What he found in her purse.
(d) Her mother.

14. What time is it as Act 2, Scene 2 begins?
(a) Nine o'clock.
(b) Ten o'clock.
(c) Eleven o'clock.
(d) Eight o'clock.

15. 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 told Nettie who bought them.
(d) Why he refused to buy them in the first place.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a friend of Timmy need?

2. When was Nettie scheduled to start the first job she describes?

3. What does Timmy challenge his mother on about her marriage?

4. What is John doing as Timmy arrives drunk in the second scene of Act 2?

5. How does Nettie act when she finally returns home?

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