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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why didn't Anthony answer the buzz from Harry?
(a) Claire had instructed Anthony to answer no buzz but hers.
(b) Anthony didn't hear the buzzer.
(c) Hattie answered the buzz.
(d) Harry didn't buzz Anthony.

2. What does the second house guest have in his hand when he first arrives?
(a) Supplies for breakfast.
(b) A gun.
(c) A salt shaker.
(d) A pepper shaker.

3. What are Anthony's specific instructions?
(a) Kill the special plant.
(b) Keep the special plant alive at all costs.
(c) Keep salt away from the special plant.
(d) Hide the special plant from Harry.

4. Who is Elizabeth?
(a) Harry and Claire's daughter.
(b) Harry's daughter from a previous marriage.
(c) Claire's daughter from a previous marriage.
(d) Claire's sister.

5. What happens after the first character onstage exits?
(a) The telephone rings.
(b) The unusual-looking plant dies.
(c) The greenhouse door opens.
(d) The curtain closes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Harry confide to the first house guest?

2. When the curtain opens for a second time in Act 1, what is the scene?

3. Who tries to get Claire to come to the phone upon Elizabeth's arrival?

4. What does Claire push off the table?

5. What does Claire require the second house guest to do before she will let him enter the greenhouse?

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