View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Betty and Clive's guest narrowly escape from while living in Africa?
(a) An attack by the natives.
(b) An earthquake.
(c) Disease.
(d) Poverty.

2. Who catches Edward playing with the doll and yells at him?
(a) Clive.
(b) Betty.
(c) Mrs. Saunders.
(d) Maud.

3. At the picnic, who saves the disagreement over the game?
(a) Betty.
(b) Harry.
(c) Ellen.
(d) Clive.

4. After Edward's confession about the doll, where does Clive suggest they all go?
(a) On the porch.
(b) Into town.
(c) Far away from there.
(d) Hide in the basement.

5. What is Betty's reaction to Clive's confession?
(a) She comforts him.
(b) She leaves.
(c) She cries.
(d) She slaps him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who rules Africa during Act I?

2. To what is Clive's life compared?

3. Before the children arrive, what does Maud tell Clive to do?

4. What does Edward feel about the story Joshua tells him?

5. With whom does Clive appear when he re-enters the room from meeting with their guest in Act 1?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 201 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample