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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 does Alice ask her family to do?
(a) To leave the house.
(b) To hide in their rooms.
(c) To keep Tony away from her.
(d) To please behave tonight.

2. Why does Donald arrive with flies?
(a) To show Ed, who is fascinated by them.
(b) To put into the pie.
(c) To annoy the family.
(d) To feed the snakes in the solarium.

3. Who does Alice think the visitor might be?
(a) Paul.
(b) Tony.
(c) A neighbor.
(d) Grandpa.

4. Who is the patriarch of this zany family?
(a) Tony Kirby.
(b) Grandpa Vanderhof.
(c) Ed Carmichael.
(d) Paul Sycamore.

5. How does the reader or audience member know that this room serves more than one purpose?
(a) There are beds and multiple dresser drawers, showing it is a bedroom as well.
(b) With its eclectic elements, including live snakes, a xylophone, and a printing press.
(c) Books and bookshelves line the walls of the room.
(d) There is a counter and a cash register.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where does the patriarch of this zany family come home?

2. Why does Alice wonder if a visitor has arrived?

3. Where are Alice and Tony Kirby going?

4. What does Penny assume about the man standing in the doorway?

5. Who does Grandpa not know?

(see the answer key)

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