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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Beatrice's recurring nightmare end?
(a) She sees a rat and screams.
(b) She sees her father and her heart stands still.
(c) She waters a pot of marigolds.
(d) She shoots the horses.

2. What is Beatrice's final line in the play?
(a) "Get out of here and take that bag of bones with you."
(b) "What a beautiful world."
(c) "I hate the world."
(d) "Life is what you make it."

3. Which of the following animals appeared in a recurring nightmare that Beatrice used to have?
(a) Horses.
(b) Birds.
(c) Rabbits.
(d) Rats.

4. Which of the following phrases best characterizes Beatrice's demeanor during the second phone call in Act 2?
(a) Sad and empathetic.
(b) Frightened and shy.
(c) Manic and cruel.
(d) Peaceful and diplomatic.

5. Which chemical was involved in Janice Vickery's experiment?
(a) Gasoline.
(b) Chocolate.
(c) Sodium hydroxide.
(d) Colbalt-60.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character is the last to physically enter the stage in Act 2?

2. Where does Tillie go immediately after the scream is heard in Act 1?

3. What does Beatrice do in the first act to distract Ruth and avoid being upset?

4. What does Tillie say about the power of exploding atoms?

5. When Beatrice recalls her childhood to Ruth, she says ...

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