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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the subject of the phone call that Beatrice receives in Act 1?
(a) Vegetable sales are slowing down.
(b) The horses were let out of the stable.
(c) Tillie's absence from school.
(d) Nanny needs to have a medical procedure.

2. Beatrice is busy doing which of the following activities when the final scene in Act 1 begins?
(a) Cooking dinner.
(b) Assisting Ruth with her homework.
(c) A little housecleaning.
(d) Planting marigolds.

3. Where does Tillie go immediately after the scream is heard in Act 1?
(a) To Tillie's room.
(b) To Beatrice's room.
(c) To Nanny's room.
(d) To the barn.

4. Which character says that she receives fifty dollars a week?
(a) Nanny.
(b) Tillie.
(c) Beatrice.
(d) Ruth.

5. What is one of the reasons that Tillie is teased by other students at school, according to Ruth?
(a) Tillie's unkempt appearance .
(b) Tillie's poor performance in her vocal solo.
(c) Tillie's complete lack of athletic ability.
(d) Tillie's shouting match with a classmate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of school project is Tillie working on in Act 1?

2. Which of the following animals appeared in a recurring nightmare that Beatrice used to have?

3. Tillie is engaged in the following activity while her mother reads the newspaper:

4. What does Beatrice say she is going to do to Tillie's pet?

5. Ruth asks Beatrice to tell her a story, but requests that she leave out one part. What is the part of the story that she does not want to hear about?

(see the answer key)

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