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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the "El Paso?"
(a) Mexican resturaunt.
(b) Hurricane.
(c) A ship bound for Buenos Aires.
(d) Store in town.

2. What is the setting of Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Boat.
(b) Top of a hill.
(c) Farmhouse.
(d) Beach.

3. What does Dick Scott fix up on his ship for Robert?
(a) Reading room.
(b) Cabin.
(c) Galley.
(d) Dining room.

4. What experience did Robert have as a child that he tells Ruth about in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) He was a sickly child.
(b) He loved to color.
(c) He and his mother went ice skating.
(d) He and his dad liked to play checkers.

5. When Robert is a child, what does he look at and get to know by heart?
(a) Language study guides.
(b) Different sunsets.
(c) Art.
(d) Dog breeds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says "I've earned my right to quit when I want to?"

2. What kind of luck does Robert say he's been having?

3. What is Mr. Mayo's opinion of Andrew of at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?

4. Why doesn't Andrew leave right away for the ship bound for Argentina?

5. What job does Mrs. Mayo at one time hold?

(see the answer key)

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