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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Rose ask Sam if there is a certain way she should act in a synagogue?
(a) She is thinking about converting to Judaism.
(b) The funeral that she will be attending today takes place in a synagogue.
(c) She is curious about his faith.
(d) She is going to a Jewish wedding.

2. Why do the neighbors get into a discussion about labor unions, the working class, and America's prosperity?
(a) Mr. Kaplan believes capitalism is going to be build up the economy.
(b) They are discussing The Crash and how it has hurt the economy.
(c) They are complaining about their homes and lack of work.
(d) Kaplan believes it is the capitalist structure of the country that is harmful.

3. What does Mrs. Maurrant tell her daughter that sometimes she thinks?
(a) She would be better off dead.
(b) She wants to run away.
(c) She wants to get a divorce.
(d) She would like to live outside the city.

4. What happens when Mr. Sankey arrives?
(a) Everyone encourages him to join in.
(b) They ask where he is going.
(c) Everyone stops what they are doing.
(d) They continue as if he is not there.

5. What happens between Vincent and Sam?
(a) They glare at one another.
(b) They get into an argument.
(c) They have a heated debate.
(d) They get into a physical altercation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Shirley Kaplan ask her father to turn his reading lamp off?

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

3. What do the women wonder about Mr. Maurrant?

4. What are Mae Jones and Dick McGann doing as Rose passes them?

5. What has Mr. Buchanan received because of his wife and new baby?

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