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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Granddaddy's comment that Zackery was the best man for Babe whether she knew it or not implies:
(a) Babe was not happy to marry him.
(b) Zackery threatened Babe into marrying him.
(c) Granddaddy was not interested in her happiness.
(d) Babe was thrilled to marry him.

2. As Lenny picks up the phone to call Charlie:
(a) Babe looks for rope to hang herself.
(b) Babe tries to shoot herself.
(c) Barnette returns to see Babe.
(d) Meg returns home with the cake.

3. Meg takes a coke from the fridge to calm Lennie, but first she drinks from it herself, indicating:
(a) She is hungry and thirsty after her journey.
(b) She is more immediately concerned with herself than with Lenny.
(c) Lennie is not thirsty.
(d) She needs time to think of what to say next.

4. Why does Babe keep articles about unhappy things in her scrapbook?
(a) She wants to caution herself against repeating mistakes.
(b) She wants to keep an accurate record.
(c) She wants to believe that all the events in her life were happy.
(d) She wants to remind herself of the good days.

5. Lenny begins the play by:
(a) Celebrating her birthday alone.
(b) Picking her sister up from prison.
(c) Playing her saxophone.
(d) Remembering the anniversary of her mother's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lenny confesses she envies Meg because:

2. Meg's excuse for leaving to pick up the cake, should Lenny ask, is:

3. Lenny recognizes that Old Granddaddy's death will bring:

4. Babe seems to blame their mother's death on:

5. Rather than sympathizing with Meg's need to "toughen up" after their mother's suicide, Lenny believes:

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