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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many other people are talking to Howie at the beginning of the second act?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

2. What does Mrs. Webb say is cruel while at the wedding?
(a) Not allowing a mother to help her daughter get dressed on her wedding day.
(b) Stealing a mother's daughter so soon after graduation.
(c) Sending young girls into marriage unprepared.
(d) Forcing a mother to plan a wedding on such short notice.

3. What does Howie Newsome talk about in the street at the beginning of the second act?
(a) The higher prices of milk.
(b) Simon Stimson's drunkeness.
(c) The war.
(d) Losing a great baseball player.

4. Where is Mrs.Gibbs while Mr Gibbs is talking to George after school?
(a) On a walk.
(b) The market.
(c) The garden.
(d) Choir practice.

5. What does Mrs. Gibbs serve for breakfast on the first morning of the second act?
(a) Fruit and toast.
(b) Ham and eggs.
(c) Hot cakes.
(d) French toast.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does George tell his mother he and Emily will do just before he is married?

2. What does Mr. Webb say of the people of the town that could be considered an insult?

3. What personal detail about Simon Stimson do we learn from the stage manager?

4. Who tells Mr. Webb what George wants to be when he grown up?

5. How much time passed between the first act and the second act?

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