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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what are the nursemaids gossiping?
(a) Their employers.
(b) The heat.
(c) The noises they heard.
(d) The recent murder.

2. How does Rose feel about Mr. Easter?
(a) He is creepy and unreliable.
(b) He is a kind man who can give her what she needs.
(c) Deep down she likes him but knows he is married.
(d) She does not feel right about what he is asking of her.

3. What do the nursemaids want to do?
(a) Come up and look around.
(b) Go swimming.
(c) Buy ice cream cones.
(d) Sit with the other women on the stoop.

4. What does Mrs. Maurrant have in a paper bag?
(a) A present for Mrs. Buchanan.
(b) A bottle of wine.
(c) Candy for her children.
(d) The chicken.

5. What does Sam tell his father he tried to do?
(a) Stay out Mr. Maurrant's way.
(b) Stop Mr. Maurrant and warn Mrs. Maurrant.
(c) Find Rose.
(d) Save Willie from this shock.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do James Henry, a city marshal, and his assistant, Fred Cullen, stop in front of the building?

2. From where has Mr. Buchanan just got back?

3. Where does Mrs. Jones think Rose could be?

4. What does Mrs. Jones tell the group about marriage?

5. What does a middle-aged couple stop in front of the building and do?

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