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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. Who says, "I am crazy, with everything I've had to hold down and hold in"?
(a) The bride's father.
(b) The mother.
(c) The bride.
(d) The son/groom.

2. In the lullaby sung by Leonardo's wife and mother-in-law, what is the animal afraid of?
(a) Water.
(b) People.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Running.

3. Of the items the mother mentions her husband grew, which one "dried up"?
(a) The Juniper plant.
(b) His trees.
(c) His flowers.
(d) The bushes.

4. Where does Leonardo's wife want him to ride to the church for the wedding?
(a) On horseback.
(b) To walk.
(c) In a boat.
(d) In the cart.

5. What does the neighbor tell the mother to keep her mouth shut about?
(a) Her son.
(b) That her son's fiancée once dated a member of the Felix family.
(c) Her family that has died.
(d) The boy whose arms were cut off.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the mother describe as "too like the wind"?

2. What does the neighbor say the children are worn out from at the end of Act 1, Scene 1?

3. Who is the mother talking about when she says "my mouth fills with mud"?

4. Who says, "Whenever I leave you I feel a great emptiness and a kind of lump in my throat"?

5. What does the mother's neighbor say is responsible for cutting off a young neighborhood boy's arms?

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