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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Agatha view Mary when she arrives unexpectedly?
(a) Kindly.
(b) Angrily.
(c) Excitedly.
(d) Suspiciously.

2. What does Mrs. Tilford decide to do after Mary persists in her claims about Karen and Martha?
(a) Send Mary back to school immediately.
(b) Investigate the claims.
(c) Demand the immediate resignation of the headmistresses.
(d) Ground Mary for lying.

3. What type of building houses the school?
(a) Abandoned schoolhouse.
(b) Warehouse.
(c) Townhouse in the city.
(d) Converted farmhouse.

4. How have the witnesses viewed the inappropriate behavior?
(a) Through a crack in a door.
(b) With a telescope.
(c) Through a keyhole.
(d) Through an open window.

5. The school was founded by ___________________.
(a) A board of businessmen.
(b) A university professor.
(c) A group of philanthropists.
(d) Two single women.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Mary's grandmother?

2. Where has the alleged inappropriate behavior taken place?

3. Who questions Mary upon her arrival at the Tilford house?

4. Who is Mrs. Munn?

5. What is the time period for THE CHILDREN'S HOUR?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mary claim that the girls at school have witnessed regarding Karen and Martha?

2. What do Martha and Mrs. Mortar not realize during their argument?

3. How does Act 1 end?

4. Why is Agatha suspicious of Mary's behavior?

5. To what work of Arthur Miller's is Mary's character compared?

6. How does Mary manage to blackmail Rosalie?

7. How does Mary react when she learns her punishment for her cunning behavior?

8. Why are the adults not concerned about Mary's "heart attack"?

9. How does Mary Tilford try to get on Mrs. Mortar's good side?

10. What does Mrs. Tilford do after she is finished speaking with Mary?

(see the answer keys)

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