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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why has Helen been losing sleep?
(a) The weather is too hot for her to get a good nights' sleep.
(b) She has always been an insomniac.
(c) She has not been able to stop thinking of Jo since Geof informed her of Jo's condition.
(d) There is construction going on at the house.

2. Where does Jo plan to work after Christmas?
(a) She wants to work in the factory.
(b) She wants to work in a resturant.
(c) She wants to do social work.
(d) She wants to work in a pub.

3. Why does Helen not go to the picture show anymore?
(a) She thinks they have become more like the theatre and its difficult to hear.
(b) She is getting older and needs glasses to see the screen.
(c) She dislikes crowds and avoids them if at all possible.
(d) She loves the theatre and that takes up all her spare time.

4. How does Jo wear his ring?
(a) Jo keeps the ring in her pocket, stiched into the seams
(b) Jo hides the ring in a safe place to wait for his return.
(c) Jo wears the ring proudly on her finger.
(d) Jo puts the ring on a piece of string around her neck.

5. What does Jo notice about Peter's brother's wife in her wedding photo?
(a) The woman's dress was not wearing a traditional wedding dress.
(b) The woman looks remarkably like Helen.
(c) The woman was pregnant at her wedding.
(d) The woman is wearing dark glasses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Helen love the dark?

2. How old is Jo's boyfriend?

3. Where does Jo tell Geof her boyfriend is from?

4. In the stage directions, what denotes the changing of time?

5. Why did Helen's first husband divorce her?

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