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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chris first suggest Anna should order when she says she is thirsty in the bar?
(a) Sas'prilla.
(b) Vitamin Water.
(c) Gatorade.
(d) Root beer.

2. What gesture does Chris make at the sea at the end of Act 2?
(a) Shakes his fist at it with bitter hatred.
(b) Stands before it with open arms.
(c) Bows to it reverentially.
(d) Claps his hands with joy.

3. What does Burke make Anna swear that she is telling the truth about?
(a) The amount of money she has in the bank.
(b) He is the only man she has ever loved.
(c) Her age.
(d) Her religion.

4. What does Chris say he is sorry for when he returns to the cabin and sees Anna with her suitcase?
(a) For forgetting her dinner.
(b) For everything he did wrong in her life.
(c) For knocking over her chair.
(d) For barging in without knocking.

5. Why does Anna think it is funny when Burke tells her he signed up to work on a steamer?
(a) She cannot see him working as a sailor.
(b) Because she thought he was going to work inland.
(c) She is boarding the same steamer for a ride to the next port.
(d) It is the same one Chris will be working on.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting at the opening of Act 3?

2. What is Chris's physical state when he is at the bar in the beginning of the play?

3. What expression is Chris wearing when he returns to the cabin from his bedroom with his tin of beer?

4. What is Anna holding but not reading while sitting in the rocking chair in the cabin?

5. What is Anna's reaction when she first sees Burke seated on the deck?

(see the answer key)

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