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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Meg explains their mother's suicide by telling Babe:
(a) Their father was responsible for her death.
(b) Their mother was temporarily insane.
(c) Their mother had a real bad day.
(d) They are all better off now.

2. What do the girls decide to do just like old times?
(a) They decide to look through photo albums.
(b) They decide to play hearts and eat popcorn.
(c) They decide to go out riding with Doc.
(d) They decide to go see Meg singing at Greeny's.

3. Babe does not want to expose Willy Jay because:
(a) She does not want to ruin his reputation.
(b) She is afraid for her own reputation.
(c) She wants to pursue the relationship when the trial is over.
(d) She promised his mother she would keep it a secret.

4. Barnette immediately wins Meg over because:
(a) He has seen Meg sing and admires her talent.
(b) He is young and attractive.
(c) He does not know the family's past history.
(d) He believes Babe is innocent.

5. Meg's desire to remain while the hurricane hit Biloxi suggests:
(a) She thought she was invincible.
(b) She had a need for chaos in her life.
(c) She wanted to know that Doc was not a weak man.
(d) She just wanted to die.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chick's physical appearance suggests:

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

3. Meg's comment, "sometimes I wonder what we wanted," implies:

4. Meg and Lenny are bothered by the photo of their father's smile because:

5. Babe is oddly impressed by:

(see the answer key)

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