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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the "El Paso?"
(a) A ship bound for Buenos Aires.
(b) Store in town.
(c) Hurricane.
(d) Mexican resturaunt.

2. What experience did Robert have as a child that he tells Ruth about in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) He and his mother went ice skating.
(b) He and his dad liked to play checkers.
(c) He was a sickly child.
(d) He loved to color.

3. What does Robert think the secret is to what he has been seeking at the beginning of the play?
(a) Opportunity.
(b) Training.
(c) Love.
(d) Money.

4. What is Robert sitting on while he's on the hilltop with Mary, gazing at the horizon?
(a) Blanket.
(b) Chair.
(c) Fence.
(d) Boulder.

5. Why does Ruth complain about her mother to Robert at the beginning of the play?
(a) She is too happy.
(b) She likes to be alone.
(c) She nags Ruth.
(d) She doesn't like to talk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What noise does Robert and Ruth hear from outside after they've had their terrible fight?

2. What does Andrew tell his father about Ruth in Act 1, Scene 2?

3. Where is Andrew when Robert tells his family that he loves Ruth?

4. What does Robert point to in the sky at the end of the Act 1, Scene1?

5. What does Ben say is broken in Act 2, Scene 1?

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