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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. Who breaks a glass in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) The boy.
(b) A.
(c) B.
(d) C.

2. Who is sitting on the bench, at the foot of the bed, at the beginning of Act 1?
(a) The Boy.
(b) C.
(c) B.
(d) A.

3. Why does the glass get broken in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) A wants to get a reaction out of B.
(b) B and C engage in a fistfight.
(c) A falls while in the bathroom.
(d) The boy comes home drunk.

4. Who is sitting at the desk at the beginning of Act 1?
(a) C.
(b) The Boy.
(c) A.
(d) B.

5. What does A say about the boys she used to dance with?
(a) They only danced with her if Sis was already occupied.
(b) Some of them were "fairies".
(c) They only wanted to take advantage of her.
(d) She only liked to dance with rich boys.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice does B give C about getting older in Act 1, Part 1?

2. What was A's husband doing when he injured his shoulder?

3. What does A have a tantrum about in Act 1, Part 4?

4. What does B tell C about A's use of racial slurs?

5. What worries C, regarding A's bathroom habits?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the three main characters?

2. According to B, what changed about her mother after her father died?

3. What does A say about her mother in Act 1, Part 2?

4. What does A say about the best time of life?

5. How does A describe her relationship with Sis in Act 1, Part 3?

6. What does A hope for as she looks at herself in the hospital bed in Act 2, Part 1?

7. How does B reassure a weeping A when she can't remember details in Act 1, Part 3?

8. What reassurance does C plead with A and B for, in Act 2, Part 4?

9. What is B's rationale for the racist words that A uses?

10. What happens as A dies?

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