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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the setting of the last scene in the play?
(a) Porch.
(b) Barn.
(c) Section of country highway.
(d) Kitchen.

2. What is the setting of Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Farmhouse.
(b) Boat.
(c) Beach.
(d) Top of a hill.

3. What is open in the bedroom when Ruth goes in to talk with Robert?
(a) A drawer.
(b) The door.
(c) A jewelry box.
(d) The window.

4. When Robert says to Ruth that he wants to start over again and move to the city, what profession does he want to take up?
(a) Accountant.
(b) Writer.
(c) Professor.
(d) Musician.

5. What doesn't Ruth want to tell Robert at the end of the play?
(a) She is too tired to help with the farm.
(b) She doesn't mean it when she says she hates him.
(c) She is leaving on the next train.
(d) She doesn't want to cook dinner.

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

7. What time of day is it at the beginning of Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Dawn.
(b) Evening.
(c) Noon.
(d) Night.

8. How does Robert describe Andrew's letters that he wrote to them while he was on the voyage?
(a) Lengthy.
(b) They came regularly.
(c) Full of description.
(d) They were sketchy.

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

10. What does Ruth tell Andrew he must realize about her after Robert has died?
(a) Her maiden name.
(b) Her experience as a cook.
(c) She is an expert at religious questions.
(d) That she has suffered too.

11. Who says I wouldn't "know how to feel love, even if I tried" in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Robert.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Mrs. Atkins.
(d) Andrew.

12. Who calls Ruth a "mad fool" as Robert is sick in bed?
(a) Andrew.
(b) The specialist.
(c) Mrs. Atkins.
(d) Robert.

13. Who says "It's a free beginning--the start of my voyage?"
(a) Andrew.
(b) Robert.
(c) Uncle Dick.
(d) Ruth.

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

15. What time is the train to New York City that the specialist travels on?
(a) 12 p.m.
(b) 6 a.m.
(c) 2 p.m.
(d) 9 p.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Robert say he feels like he's been cooped up in all his life?

2. What is the medical specialist's name?

3. Why does Andrew call Ruth a murderess?

4. What job is Andrew going to have on the ship bound for Argentina?

5. What does Andrew offer to lend Robert to get the farm back on its feet?

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