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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Timmy doing when the play opens?
(a) Sitting on the couch.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Sitting at the table.
(d) Reading.

2. What does John do with Timmy's jacket in the first scene?
(a) Turns it around.
(b) Puts it away.
(c) Hangs it on the wall.
(d) Tries it on.

3. How does Timmy make decisions, according to John?
(a) He follows Nettie's lead.
(b) He listens to his friends.
(c) He makes his own.
(d) He follows John's lead.

4. What does John pretend he is doing as he hears someone coming in the beginning of the play?
(a) Making lunch.
(b) Making breakfast.
(c) Cleaning the table off.
(d) Reading the newspaper.

5. What type of prayer will John stop and say?
(a) A prayer of Thanksgiving.
(b) A short prayer.
(c) A long prayer.
(d) A prayer for help.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the banner in the Cleary's apartment read?

2. What has happened to many of the local boys who also went off to war?

3. What does John contend about Timmy to Nettie?

4. What dance are Nettie and Timmy doing at the end of the first scene?

5. What does Nettie lecture John about in the first scene of Act 1?

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