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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lily Dale say she deceived Will?
(a) She and her cousin Mary had two men over to the house.
(b) She and her cousin robbed a bank.
(c) She and her cousin went to a brothel.
(d) She and her cousin went on a spending spree in Dallas.

2. How does Will respond to Pete's news about his savings?
(a) Will says he has nothing to live for and storms out.
(b) Will strikes Lily Dale.
(c) Will says he'll bluff his way through the bank meeting.
(d) Will says Pete is a good for nothing.

3. How does Etta Doris describe Bill?
(a) A happy boy.
(b) A melancholy boy.
(c) A sweet boy.
(d) A mean boy.

4. Who does Lily Dale say she has been seeing again?
(a) The young man from Atlanta.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Etta Doris.
(d) Bill.

5. What is the last thing Will says to Tom?
(a) Go screw yourself.
(b) I hope you die.
(c) Take care.
(d) I'll see you soon.

6. When Pete asks if Will wants to eat, what does Will say?
(a) Will says he will only throw the food up.
(b) Will says his stomach hurts.
(c) Will says he'll eat later.
(d) Will says he's starving.

7. How long does Carson say he has been driving?
(a) Since he was fourteen.
(b) Since he was twelve.
(c) Since he was eighteen.
(d) Since he was sixteen.

8. What does Will say he lied to Lily Dale about?
(a) What he was doing in Chicago.
(b) How he was fired firing.
(c) How Bill spent the money he sent him.
(d) Why he hates the young man from Atlanta.

9. What does Lily Dale say when Will tells her the young man from Atlanta is a liar?
(a) Lily Dale says Will is wrong.
(b) Lily Dale says the young man is no more a liar than Will.
(c) Lily Dale says she knows now and is sorry.
(d) Lily Dale says that may be but she needed comforting.

10. What does Etta Doris say about Will and Lily Dale's new house?
(a) She says she likes the one on Hawthorne better.
(b) She says the couple must be prospering if they are living in such a nice house.
(c) She says the house looks like Eleanor Roosevelt's.
(d) She says the house is too "yellow."

11. For what is Pete loaning her the money?
(a) For a new house.
(b) For a vacation.
(c) For a new car.
(d) For an operation.

12. What does the young man say to Lily Dale about the day Bill went down in the water?
(a) The young man says it was certainly accidental.
(b) The young man says Bill is really alive.
(c) The young man says it was suicide.
(d) The young man wishes he could have gone down in the water too.

13. Who is standing in the drive when Lily Dale pulls her car out?
(a) The young man from Atlanta.
(b) Carson.
(c) Will.
(d) Pete.

14. What does Pete say his wife would do for him even after she became sick?
(a) She would make Pete's bed.
(b) She would fix Pete breakfast.
(c) She would dance for Pete.
(d) She would drive Pete to work.

15. What does Lily Dale think of the young man at the end of the play?
(a) Lily Dale thinks he's mysterious.
(b) Lily Dale thinks he's amusing.
(c) Lily Dale thinks he's a sweet boy.
(d) Lily Dale thinks he's just awful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pete tell Lily Dale about Will going to the bank?

2. What does Clara's friend tell her about Eleanor Roosevelt?

3. Why does Will refuse to speak to the young man from Atlanta?

4. Where is the young man as of Lily Dale's conversation with Clara?

5. What does the man at the bank say about Will's proposal?

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