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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. How do John and Timmy feel about Nettie's response to the roses in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) They are uncomfortable.
(b) They are excited.
(c) They are upset.
(d) They are confused.

2. What morning is it when the play opens?
(a) Monday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Wednesday.

3. What has Timmy seen during the war, according to John?
(a) Tremendous things.
(b) Unspeakable things.
(c) Unbelievable things.
(d) Horrible things.

4. What does John tell Nettie that Timmy deserves?
(a) A new job.
(b) A little down time.
(c) Another party.
(d) More medals.

5. Where are Nettie, John, and Timmy returning from as the third scene begins?
(a) A friend's house.
(b) A relative's house.
(c) A night on the town.
(d) A trip out of state.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of prayer will John stop and say?

3. What does the banner in the Cleary's apartment read?

4. What is Nettie's secondary response to the roses?

5. What is there evidence of in Act 1, Scene 1, from the night before?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nettie leave at the end of Act 2, Scene 1, and what does Timmy discover?

2. What does Timmy ask his father in the first scene, and why does John have to decline?

3. What is significant about the lake house and how does it apply to Nettie and John's marriage?

4. What happened to Timmy the night before, and how does that lead to Nettie's criticism of John in Act 1, Scene 1?

5. What is interesting about the way John and Timmy react to Nettie's disappearance?

6. What does Timmy offer at the end of Act 1, Scene 3, and what does John reveal to Nettie?

7. What similar decision do both Timmy and John make in Act 2, Scene 1, and why do they make it?

8. What are Timmy and John doing in the beginning of Act 1, Scene 3, and how does Nettie respond?

9. What decision does Timmy make at the end of the last scene, and how does his father surprise him?

10. What is John trying to convince Nettie to do as the final act begins?

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