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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Beatrice ask Tillie to get rid of in the final scene in Act 1?
(a) The whiskey and the cigarettes.
(b) The flashlight and the candles.
(c) The horses and the rats.
(d) The rabbit and the marigolds.

2. Why is Ruth upset at first when she sees the flashlight?
(a) It reminds her of the time when the family's electricity was shut off because Beatrice had not paid the bill.
(b) It reminds her of the time when she and Tillie told ghost stories during a camping trip.
(c) It reminds her of the time when she heard a man die in her home.
(d) It reminds her of the time when a rat was lurking under the staircase.

3. Tillie recites the half-life of which of the following substances?
(a) Ethanol.
(b) Methanol.
(c) Radon-222.
(d) Radium-226.

4. This character states: "You're looking at the original half-life!"
(a) Nanny.
(b) Beatrice.
(c) Tillie.
(d) Ruth.

5. Ruth asks Beatrice to tell her a story, but requests that she leave out one part. What is the part of the story that she does not want to hear about?
(a) She does not want to hear the part about the radioactive marigolds.
(b) She does not want to hear the part about her father having a heart attack.
(c) She does not want to hear the part about horses being shot.
(d) She does not want to hear the part about rats in the basement.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mr. Alexander Brougham?

2. Beatrice calls Nanny the following:

3. What object does Beatrice forget to provide to Nanny?

4. What beverage does Beatrice prepare for Nanny?

5. According to Beatrice, the " manure machine" is what kind of animal?

(see the answer key)

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