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WorksheetsThe Glass Menagerie
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Why won't Tom leave his job?
a)
Because he has a duty to support his family
b)
Because on the day he was hired he signed a “here ‘til you die” clause
c)
Because he loves it
d)
Because his mother has threatened to cut him off if he does
2.
With whom does Tom argue much of the time?
a)
Laura (his sister)
b)
Amanda (his mother)
c)
Jim (his co-worker)
d)
The manager of the dance hall
3.
How does Laura know Jim?
a)
She met him at church
b)
Amanda knows his mother
c)
They attended the same high school
d)
They purchase glass at the same store
4.
Why don't things work out between Laura and Jim?
a)
Laura refuses to be alone with him
b)
He broke her glass unicorn
c)
Tom sabotaged their date
d)
Jim is engaged
5.
From whose memory does this story come?
a)
Amanda's
b)
Laura's
c)
Tom's
d)
Jim's
6.
What does Laura quit?
a)
"The Boys"
b)
Her job
c)
A typing class
d)
The D.A.R.
7.
What is a menagerie?
a)
A music box
b)
A housing project
c)
A dysfunctional family
d)
A collection
8.
What does Amanda wish Laura had?
a)
Gentleman callers
b)
Blonde hair
c)
A high school diploma
d)
Jonquils!
9.
Which words describes both Laura and the glass menagerie?
a)
Colorful
b)
Fragile
c)
Rare
d)
Cold
10.
What is Laura's favorite animal?
a)
Japanese flying beetle
b)
Lion
c)
Unicorn
d)
Dolphin
11.
Where does Tom go to get away?
a)
The bar
b)
The rodeo
c)
The dance hall
d)
The movies
12.
Who said, "Yesterday you confiscated my books!"?
a)
Amanda
b)
Tom
c)
Laura
d)
Jim
13.
Who was "a telephone man who feel in love with long distances"?
a)
Tom
b)
Tom's father
c)
Jim
d)
Jim's father
14.
Who said, "Go to the moon—you selfish dreamer!"?
a)
Amanda
b)
Tom
c)
Laura
d)
Jim
15.
Jim knows that Laura is very shy and insecure. He tries to make her realize that she is not so
different from anyone else. What does he do?
a)
He reads poetry to her.
b)
He takes her out to the fire escape to look at the stars.
c)
He asks her to dance.
d)
He tells her about his own troubled childhood.
16.
Jim has made Laura feel more normal than she has ever felt. What event in this scene symbolizes
this?
a)
They laugh and exchange telephone numbers.
b)
The unicorn's horn breaks off.
c)
Laura shows him her baby pictures.
d)
Jim gets indigestion and needs to lie down.
17.
Why does Jim kiss Laura?
a)
He is politely telling her good by.
b)
Tom has paid him to do it.
c)
He is showing his contempt of Amanda and her silly ideas.
d)
He is trying hard to make her realize that she is pretty and appealing to men.
18.
The evening is a failure. What does Amanda do?
a)
She blames Tom.
b)
She screams at Laura for being disabled.
c)
She cries and apologizes to both of them.
d)
She refuses to discuss the matter.
19.
Where does the play take place?
a)
It takes place in Laura's hospital room.
b)
It takes place in Tom's office.
c)
It takes place in the Wingfield apartment.
d)
It takes place in the funeral parlor during Amanda's funeral.
20.
In Scene One, Amanda gives constant directions on how to eat dinner, admonishes Tom for smoking
too much, and looks forward to gentleman callers for Laura, who has never had any. What do these
actions indicate?
a)
Amanda is on the verge of mental collapse.
b)
Amanda is sadistic and cruel to those around her.
c)
Amanda is acting out the treatment she received as a child.
d)
Amanda is overbearing yet clearly loves her children.
21.
What does Amanda ask Tom to do?
a)
She wants him to either ask for a raise or get another, better paying job. She wants to
move to a larger apartment.
b)
She wants him to start taking her and Laura to church every Sunday.
c)
She wants him to bring a gentleman caller for Laura home from work.
d)
She wants him to find a psychiatrist who can help Laura.
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