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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dr. Gibbs tell his wife he will not do while they chat in the yard together?
(a) Buy her an antique table.
(b) Charge more money.
(c) Take a vacation.
(d) Work less.

2. What does the stage manager plan to put into the time capsule?
(a) Emily's journal.
(b) This play.
(c) A picture of the townspeople.
(d) A drop of his blood.

3. What does Mrs. Gibbs chide George for when he first appears on stage?
(a) Talking back to her.
(b) Sleeping in.
(c) Forgetting his homework.
(d) Spending his allowance too frivolously.

4. Where were Mrs. Webb and Mrs. Gibbs before the third scene?
(a) Choir practice.
(b) The school.
(c) Home.
(d) The market.

5. What does Mrs. Gibbs try to do as she enters her house after talking to her husband in the yard?
(a) Check the mail.
(b) Wave to her neighbor.
(c) Feed the chickens.
(d) Lock her door.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Gibbs invite her husband to do after his gentle rebuke to her in the yard?

2. What is Howie Newsome's occupation?

3. What does George want to be when he grows up?

4. Who does the stage manager introduce at the beginning of the second scene of the play?

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

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