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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does David respond to Arnold telling him that Arnold still intends to adopt David?
(a) David has decided he does not want to be adopted because of Mrs. Beckoff.
(b) David is appreciative of Arnold's thoughtfulness and states his joy at the thought of being adopted as Arnold's son.
(c) David says he wants Ed to adopt him instead.
(d) David is skeptical.

2. How might one characterize Laurel's motive for inviting Arnold over for the weekend?
(a) Reluctant.
(b) Devious.
(c) Excited.
(d) Indifferent.

3. Where is Alan?
(a) He has died.
(b) He is cooking breakfast in the kitchen.
(c) He is in the bath.
(d) He and Arnold split up and he moved out.

4. What does Arnold say happened to Alan?
(a) Alan developed AIDS and died.
(b) Alan had been killed in the street by some young men who hate homosexuals.
(c) Alan died during surgery for injuries he suffered in a car accident.
(d) Alan didn't really die; he ran off with another man and Arnold just thinks of Alan as dead.

5. What did Ed used to call Arnold's bedroom?
(a) The XXX Room.
(b) The Spaceship.
(c) The Nursery.
(d) The Pigpen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What might be a theme of this particularly scene?

2. How might Laurel have worked it out that her plan had been more successful?

3. What does David hope about Ed and Arnold?

4. Where is Laurel on the day after the weekend that Alan and Arnold visited Ed and her?

5. What characters are on stage at the opening of this scene?

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