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

2. What happens to the vase after Nettie throws the roses?
(a) It remains intact.
(b) It shatters.
(c) It breaks in half.
(d) John catches it.

3. What does John contend about Timmy to Nettie?
(a) He is still a boy.
(b) He is no longer a boy.
(c) He has never been a boy.
(d) He will always be a boy.

4. What is there evidence of in Act 1, Scene 1, from the night before?
(a) A fight.
(b) A poker game.
(c) A party.
(d) An accident.

5. What does John ask about himself, pertaining to the war?
(a) If he would have received medals.
(b) If he would have had the courage.
(c) If he would have been a commander.
(d) If he would have been injured.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Timmy offer to do after Nettie throws the roses?

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

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

5. What is Nettie carrying as she enters the room in Act 1, Scene 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Timmy tell Nettie about the way he viewed the family before he left for the army, and after he returned?

2. What reason does John give Timmy for why he should stay?

3. How does John react to Timmy's drinking in the second scene of Act 2, and what does this mirror?

4. What does Nettie get an aspirin for, and how does she begin to talk to John about the roses?

5. What is Timmy's request at breakfast in the first scene of Act 2, how does John respond, and what does it indicate?

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

7. How do Timmy and John respond to Nettie's response to the flowers?

8. What was John like when he and Nettie met, and why did she marry him?

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

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

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