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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal does Jo compare to Geof?
(a) A songbird.
(b) An alley cat.
(c) A watchdog.
(d) A racehorse.

2. How does Jo pay for her apartment?
(a) She works all day in a shoe shop and all night in a bar.
(b) She has married a man with money.
(c) She works for a lawyer as an apprentice.
(d) She gets the money from Helen.

3. What does Helen leave to do?
(a) She leaves to find Geof.
(b) She leaves to go to America.
(c) She leaves to find Peter.
(d) She leaves to get a drink.

4. Where did Helen used to go as a child?
(a) Strawberry Hill.
(b) Blarney.
(c) Shining Clough.
(d) Stonehenge.

5. What happens to the money Helen tries to give Jo?
(a) Geof spends it all on baby things.
(b) Peter takes it back before they leave.
(c) Helen takes it back to buy a cradle.
(d) Jo throws it in the fireplace.

6. What classical Greek figure is in the joke Peter tells Geof?
(a) Euripides.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Oedipus.
(d) Iphegenia.

7. What major piece of information about the baby does Jo finally share with Helen?
(a) The baby is fake and she has been pretending.
(b) The baby is Geof's.
(c) The baby may be premature.
(d) The baby may be black.

8. How does Jo retort when Helen accuses her of being man mad?
(a) Jo says nothing, stunned into silence.
(b) Jo bursts into tears and collapses.
(c) Jo hotly denies Helen's insult.
(d) Jo claims yes, she is man mad, like Helen.

9. Why is Jo so upset by his gift?
(a) She says the color of the baby is wrong.
(b) She finds dirty diapers disgusting.
(c) She does not want to feed the baby with a bottle.
(d) She already has blankets for the baby.

10. Why has Geof stayed with Jo?
(a) He is deeply attracted to her.
(b) He is being forced to stay by Jo.
(c) He is in hiding.
(d) He feels he needs to take care of her.

11. To what does Helen compare Jo's physical condition?
(a) A ghost warmed up.
(b) A pale horse.
(c) A starving princess.
(d) A sickly child.

12. What does Jo plan to do as her condition becomes more obvious?
(a) She plans to marry Geof.
(b) She plans to give the baby to the downstairs neighbor.
(c) She plans to sail after her boyfriend.
(d) She plans to quit work so people won't stare at her.

13. What was Jo's boyfriend's name?
(a) Prince Richard.
(b) Jimmie.
(c) Sam.
(d) Bartholomew.

14. Who do Helen and Jo hear singing outside?
(a) Children.
(b) Carolers.
(c) The church choir.
(d) Geof.

15. What baby item has Helen ordered for Jo?
(a) A little baby jumper.
(b) A deluxe bottle.
(c) Lots of diapers and wipes.
(d) A cot with pink frills.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Peter claim Helen went off the deep end?

2. What are some of the names Peter calls Geof?

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

4. What is Geof cooking?

5. What media does Geof discover that Jo has used for her drawing?

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