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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Mayo threaten to do to Andrew if he finds him still at home in the morning?
(a) Throw him out.
(b) Give him breakfast.
(c) Make a new plan.
(d) Hug him.

2. What does Mrs. Mayo say about Ruth and Andrew?
(a) They tell funny jokes.
(b) They'd make a nice couple.
(c) That Ruth doesn't love him.
(d) They are foolish.

3. 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 and his dad liked to play checkers.
(c) He and his mother went ice skating.
(d) He loved to color.

4. What does Andrew tell his father about Ruth in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) She is sick.
(b) He never loved her.
(c) She would make a terrible wife.
(d) She is pregnant.

5. What does Mr. Mayo tell Dick Scott he needs to find for his voyage?
(a) Hired hand.
(b) Storyteller.
(c) Friend.
(d) Wife.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the setting of Act I, Scene I?

3. When Robert is a child, what does he look at and get to know by heart?

4. What does Ruth tell Robert about her feelings for Andrew?

5. Who says Andrew is a born farmer while talking after dinner?

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