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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 effect does Susie say the medication will have on Vivian?
(a) It will make her limbs feel heavy.
(b) It will make her feel numb.
(c) It will make her sleepy.
(d) It will make her breathing shallower.

2. How do Jason and Kelekian feel about how Vivian's treatment has gone?
(a) They are not saying much about it.
(b) They are delighted.
(c) They are optimistic.
(d) They are concerned.

3. Who asks Jason if he will miss people?
(a) His mother.
(b) Susie.
(c) Girls.
(d) Kelekian.

4. Why does Jason say Vivian is not given patient-controlled medication?
(a) She is too weak to be able to push the button for the medication.
(b) She does not want control over her medication dosing.
(c) She will not know when she has had enough.
(d) She has earned a rest.

5. What does Susie rub on Vivian's hands?
(a) Water.
(b) Baby powder.
(c) Lotion.
(d) Baby oil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last thing Vivian says to the audience?

2. How does Jason know Vivian's kidneys are functioning properly?

3. What does Vivian apologize for before she is given more pain medication?

4. How does Vivian describe the level of her sickness after her ultrasound?

5. What test does Vivian have to have done when she is interrupted while she imagines she is teaching?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the joke that makes Vivian laugh when Susie gives her morphine?

2. Why does Vivian's pain management have an effect on the play?

3. Why does Vivian shut her own eyelids and cross her arms over her chest?

4. Why does Vivian recite the sonnet beginning “This is my playes last scene?”

5. Why is Vivian so upset at her imaginary lecture being interrupted by Susie?

6. What is Vivian trying to think of when she reminisces about her interactions with students?

7. Why is Vivian given a morphine drip instead of patient-controlled analgesic?

8. Why is Vivian unable to explain to the audience what she is going through before she receives morphine?

9. Why does Vivian use the word “soporific” when she asks about the effect of the morphine?

10. Why does Susie tell Vivian that she and Jason are inserting a catheter even though she can't hear Susie?

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