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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the medical specialist's name?
(a) Mr. Smith.
(b) Dr. Fawcett.
(c) Mrs. Ramsey.
(d) Mr. Green.

2. What does Robert suggest that Andrew avoids telling Ruth when they are talking on the hilltop?
(a) That he doesn't love her.
(b) That he will always love her.
(c) That he hopes she will return to Argentina with him.
(d) That he wants her to be his wife.

3. Why does Robert feel happy at last in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) He feels better.
(b) He just got a new book.
(c) He has more money.
(d) He is free two wander eternally.

4. What does Ruth tell Robert when she goes up to the hilltop?
(a) He is needed at a town meeting.
(b) The hired hand wants to speak to him.
(c) He has an important telephone call.
(d) Uncle Dick wants to speak with him.

5. Who does Mary announce is coming to the hilltop at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) A man.
(b) Uncle Dick.
(c) Mrs. Mayo.
(d) Her mother.

6. What does Andrew ask Ruth for in the last scene of the play?
(a) Forgiveness.
(b) A warm hug.
(c) A smile.
(d) A photograph of Robert.

7. In Act 3, scene 1, what does Robert say Andrew has been doing for the last eight years?
(a) Learning to paint.
(b) Playing.
(c) Running away from himself.
(d) Having fun.

8. Who says he doesn't believe in miracles after Andrew arrives from New York?
(a) Robert.
(b) Andrew.
(c) Mr. Mayo.
(d) Uncle Dick.

9. What does Andrew say he's going to turn the farm into during Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) The crackiest place in the whole state.
(b) An animal clinic.
(c) A zoo.
(d) A biology center.

10. What does Andrew tell Ruth about his finances?
(a) He invested wisely in New York.
(b) He's not a rich man and lost most of his money gambling.
(c) He has a million dollars put aside for the farm.
(d) He's a millionaire.

11. What color dress is Ruth wearing in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Pink.
(b) White.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Black.

12. What does Andrew want to talk with Robert about at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) The state of the farm.
(b) His desire to go to college.
(c) The weather.
(d) The dinner menu.

13. What does Mrs. Atkins say that Mary inherited from her father?
(a) A weak constitution.
(b) Jewelry.
(c) Money.
(d) Happy disposition.

14. Whose mind is described as "sinking back into that spent calm beyond the further troubling of any hope"?
(a) Ruth's.
(b) Andrew's.
(c) Uncle Dick's.
(d) Kate's.

15. What does Mary notice about her mother at the end of Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) She is laughing at a joke.
(b) She is frowning.
(c) She is crying.
(d) She is wearing a new hat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't Ruth and Robert send a telegraph to Andrew?

2. Who is dressed in white and looks pretty and fresh in Act 2, Scene 1?

3. What is Robert sitting on while he's on the hilltop with Mary, gazing at the horizon?

4. Who says "It's a free beginning--the start of my voyage?"

5. What does Robert say about Ruth at the end of the play?

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