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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Blanche Morton doing when the curtain rises for Act I?
(a) Cooking
(b) Cleaning
(c) Sewing
(d) Doing dishes

2. What is Kate’s response when Blanche tells her in Act I, “I’m going to pay you and Jack back someday. I don’t know when, but I keep my word”?
(a) I know you will, Blanche
(b) I need the money now
(c) From your lips to the Irish Sweepstakes
(d) I’m not worried about you paying us back

3. What does Kate tell Eugene to place at the dinner table when she tells him to stop playing baseball in the beginning of Act I?
(a) The plates and bowls
(b) The silverware
(c) The napkins
(d) The water glasses

4. Kate tells her sister in Act I, “Remember what Momma used to tell us. Stay on your own side of the street. That’s what they have” what for?
(a) Sidewalks
(b) Doors
(c) Streets
(d) Gutters

5. Who complains of a splitting headache as Eugene plays imaginary baseball in the beginning of Act I?
(a) Kate Jerome
(b) Nora Morton
(c) Blanche Morton
(d) Laurie Morton

Short Answer Questions

1. What ailment does Eugene say his aunt Blanche suffers from in Act I?

2. What did Blanche’s husband die from?

3. What is Eugene’s response when his mother asks him in Act I, “What would you tell your father if he came home and I was dead on the kitchen floor?”

4. How many bedrooms are described as being seen by the audience upstairs in the Jerome house in the stage directions for Act I?

5. How long ago did Blanche’s husband die in Act I?

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