Our Town | Short Answer Test Questions

Short Answer Questions

Directions: Answer each question with the appropriate short response.

Short Answer Questions - Act 1, Part 1

1. Who gives the introduction to the play?

2. Which state is this play set in?

3. What time of day does this play begin?

4. Where does Mrs. Gibbs die?

5. What is Joe's occupation?

6. At the beginning of the play, what does Dr. Gibbs say he has been up all night doing?

7. What does Joe do when he leaves town?

8. Where is Joe killed?

9. What does the stage manager say was wasted in Joe's death?

10. What is Howie Newsome's occupation?

11. At the beginning of the play, what is Mrs. Gibbs doing just as her husband comes home?

12. What does Mrs....
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