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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Gibbs chide her husband for when he comes home at the beginning of the play?
(a) Not picking up the milk she needed from the store.
(b) Not getting enough rest.
(c) Drinking too much.
(d) Coming home late again.

2. What does the stage manager do before Mrs. Webb and Mrs. Gibbs leave the stage after the first scene?
(a) Begins to close the curtain.
(b) Thanks them.
(c) Shushes them.
(d) Pulls them away from each other.

3. What does Mr. Webb do when he sees his daughter Emily on stage in the second scene?
(a) Embraces her.
(b) Yells at her.
(c) Teases her.
(d) Asks her questions.

4. Where is Joe killed?
(a) In a strange city of a strange disease.
(b) In the war.
(c) In a car accident.
(d) In a street brawl.

5. At the beginning of the play, what does Dr. Gibbs say he has been up all night doing?
(a) Preparing a man for death.
(b) Attending to the wounds of two returned war veterans.
(c) Drinking at the local bar.
(d) Helping a woman give birth to twins.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Joe's occupation?

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

4. What interrupts Emily as she is doing her homework during the second scene?

5. Who asks Emily and her mother to leave during their discussion in the second scene?

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