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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens after another shot is heard?
(a) Mrs. Maurrant jumps out the window.
(b) Mr. Maurrant runs out of the building.
(c) The marshal yells for someone to get an ambulance.
(d) The neighbors rush into the apartment.

2. Why is Shirley angered at Rose's comment?
(a) She does not trust Rose.
(b) She thinks Rose is trying to embarrass her.
(c) She misinterprets it as Sam and Rose both feeling sorry for her.
(d) She does not believe Rose.

3. What has Mr. Buchanan received because of his wife and new baby?
(a) One month of no rent.
(b) The day off of work.
(c) A gift from his boss.
(d) A second job.

4. Why do James Henry, a city marshal, and his assistant, Fred Cullen, stop in front of the building?
(a) They are looking for Mr. Maurrant.
(b) They are doing a routine patrol of the streets.
(c) They heard there was a break-in.
(d) They have a dispossess warrant for Mrs. Hildebrand.

5. What was done with Sam's mother's body?
(a) She cremated, and her ashes were spread out at sea.
(b) She was buried.
(c) She was cremated.
(d) She was buried in her native Jerusalem.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who leads the rants about the current demise of society, the higher divorce rate, premarital sex, smoking, birth control, and hippies?

2. Who does Alice Simpson represent?

3. What do the women gossip about, regarding Mrs. Maurrant?

4. What is the reaction when Miss Cushing appears at the Maurrant's window and yells for an ambulance?

5. How does Mrs. Maurrant respond when Rose tells her that she tried to bring up the subject of them moving out of the city but Mr. Maurrant would not listen?

(see the answer key)

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