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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Andrew say to Ruth about his feelings for Robert in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) He feels resentful.
(b) He's mad at him.
(c) He is jealous.
(d) He loves Robert more than anyone in the world.

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

5. What does Robert want Andrew to promise in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) To stay at the farm.
(b) To marry Ruth.
(c) To mow the grass.
(d) To read more books.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ruth say she feels like she's having in honor of Andrew's visit?

2. What is wrong with the curtains in the sitting room in Act 3?

3. What tone of voice does Andrew use to speak to Ruth after Robert has died?

4. Why doesn't Andrew leave right away for the ship bound for Argentina?

5. Who says he won't come back with "empty hands next time?"

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