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Quiz about Terms of Endearment
Quiz about Terms of Endearment

10 Question Movie Quiz: Terms of Endearment | Movies


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A multiple-choice quiz by amisan27. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
amisan27
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
302,213
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
536
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 172 (8/10), MarkDarci (10/10), Guest 199 (10/10).
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Scroll down to the bottom for the answer key.
1. In the opening of the movie, why does Aurora start to climb into her daughter's crib? Hint

The baby is not crying and she believes the baby has died of crib death.
She has to clean the corner after the baby pooped.
She needs to change the sheets.
She wants to check it to make sure it was assembled properly.

2. Why is Emma mad at her mom on her wedding day? Hint

Her mother shows up drunk and embarrasses her.
Her mom tells her that her dress is ugly.
Her mother does not go to her wedding.
Her mom doesn't give her a present.

3. What is the name of Emma's best friend? Hint

Paula
Patsy
Rhonda
Peggy

4. Where is the first place that they move to, when Flap gets a new job? Hint

Wisconsin
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri

5. What do Aurora's grandchildren call her when they are saying good-bye to her? Hint

Mrs. Greenway
Nana
Grandma Greenway
Granny

6. When Emma is shopping at the grocery store, what embarrassing thing happens to her? Hint

She asks the check-out lady when her baby is due, but she is not pregnant.
Her oldest son wets his pants.
She does not have enough to pay for her groceries.
Her son swears in the check-out line.

7. When Emma is leaving the grocery store, she is talking with the man who lent her some money. What does she repeatedly say to her son Tommy? Hint

"Move out of my way honey!"
"Wait over by the car honey!"
"I am talking honey!"
"Just a minute honey!"

8. How does Emma learn that she has a lump in her armpit that may be cancer? Hint

At a doctor's appointment for her daughter
She feels it in the shower
She has a dream that she finds a lump
Flap feels it and asks her what it is

9. Why is Aurora so upset with the nurses at the hospital? Hint

They are late with Emma's lunch, which she needs to take with her medication.
It is time for Emma's pain shot, and they are not giving it to her.
They make Emma cry.
They give Emma the wrong medication.

10. What is Garrett Breedlove's former occupation. Hint

electrician
astronaut
professor
chef


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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. In the opening of the movie, why does Aurora start to climb into her daughter's crib?

Answer: The baby is not crying and she believes the baby has died of crib death.

This scene sets the tone for the mother-daughter relationship for the whole movie. She always has to be a part of her life - even to unsettle things a bit when her opinion is not necessarily wanted. It shows how neurotic Aurora really is.
2. Why is Emma mad at her mom on her wedding day?

Answer: Her mother does not go to her wedding.

Her mom is protesting her wedding because of her extreme dislike of Emma's husband to be, Flap. Though it kills Aurora to not go to her daughter's wedding. She proceeds to call her repeatedly after the wedding until she finally answers the phone. Again, this scene shows of her mother's concern for Emma, by annoying her (as she did in the crib when she was a baby).
3. What is the name of Emma's best friend?

Answer: Patsy

Patsy is her friend, whom we see at the beginning before the wedding, and throughout the film. She is quite the opposite of Emma, being single with no children. Emma is able to go away for awhile and visit Patsy in New York City after learning she has cancer. This makes her appreciate her children even more, as she meets some very shallow ladies in the big city!
4. Where is the first place that they move to, when Flap gets a new job?

Answer: Iowa

Upon hearing the news, Emma is not very happy. Aurora is not happy as well. She tells Emma that Flap cannot even do the simple things like fail locally! Flap, however, is happy to leave. Instead of a typical exit, he speeds away from the curb with his wife and children, showing how desperately he wants to get away from her family. Even though Emma and her mother always seem to fight, you see for this first time the mother-daughter bond that they do share.
5. What do Aurora's grandchildren call her when they are saying good-bye to her?

Answer: Mrs. Greenway

If you can remember, when Aurora finds out she is going to be a grandmother, she screams, "Why should I be happy about becoming a grandmother!" This helps us to understand why Tommy calls her Mrs. Greenway through the open window of the car. Although she does show a lot of love for her grandchildren throughout the film, she does not like the idea of being called Grandma.
6. When Emma is shopping at the grocery store, what embarrassing thing happens to her?

Answer: She does not have enough to pay for her groceries.

It is fun to see the man who helps Emma out put the cashier in her place, by telling her she is very rude! This man then becomes a character that Emma "befriends" when she and Flap start having marital troubles. He is sweet and attentive, something that Flap has not been for a long time.

This is an important scene, as it introduces a new important character in the movie (as played by John Lithgow).
7. When Emma is leaving the grocery store, she is talking with the man who lent her some money. What does she repeatedly say to her son Tommy?

Answer: "Wait over by the car honey!"

Taking place in the parking lot of the grocery store, this scene is so memorable, because she starts out saying it very sweetly because she is talking to a person she just met. Then with every turn, she says it louder and louder until she is screaming it in his face.

This scene shows that she is very stressed with her life at this point, byshowing her screaming at her son over something small in front of a nearly perfect stranger. I did not appreciate this scene until many years later, after I had children of my own.
8. How does Emma learn that she has a lump in her armpit that may be cancer?

Answer: At a doctor's appointment for her daughter

She decides to get a flu shot as well as her daughter. The doctor is holding her arm while she is giving her the shot. That is when he feels the lump.
9. Why is Aurora so upset with the nurses at the hospital?

Answer: It is time for Emma's pain shot, and they are not giving it to her.

This is probably the most memorable scene in the film, with Aurora going out to the nurses station, and frantically telling the nurses that it is 10:00 and time for her shot. When no one will move, she screams, "Give my daughter the shot you understand me - GIVE MY DAUGTHER THE SHOT!". This gives me chills every time I see it.
10. What is Garrett Breedlove's former occupation.

Answer: astronaut

He is very proud of his former career, and has his accomplishments as an astronaut all over his house. This specific occupation is important in the film, as he is to have a job that he can use to impress women. There are not many astronauts in the country, so this is the perfect career for him. Of course, this does not impress Aurora, as it does his much younger "girlfriends".
Source: Author amisan27

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Jun 04 2023 : Guest 172: 8/10
May 26 2023 : MarkDarci: 10/10
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