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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Webb do for the person he sees on his way home from work on the first day of the play?
(a) Comforts him.
(b) Hurries along home.
(c) Sends him home.
(d) Stops to listen to him.

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

3. Who asks questions of Mr. Webb when he has finished his introduction of the town?
(a) The stage manager.
(b) Mr. Webb's children.
(c) Audience members.
(d) Actors planted in the audience.

4. What is removed from the stage during George and Emily's wedding?
(a) The school.
(b) The house settings.
(c) The curtain.
(d) Most of the cast.

5. What does Mr. Webb say of the people of the town that could be considered an insult?
(a) They are proud.
(b) They are ignorant.
(c) They are dull.
(d) They are selfish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mr. Webb see on his way home the night of the first day?

2. Where is George running to when we first see him in the second act?

3. What question does the stage manager ask Emily while playing his first actual character?

4. What is Howie Newsome's occupation?

5. What does Emily tell George she is not sorry for as they talk after the student council elections?

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