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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Beatrice is busy doing which of the following activities when the final scene in Act 1 begins?
(a) A little housecleaning.
(b) Planting marigolds.
(c) Cooking dinner.
(d) Assisting Ruth with her homework.

2. What is one of the "exciting duties" that Beatrice says she would like Tillie to perform?
(a) Water the marigolds.
(b) Groom the horses.
(c) Assist Nanny with her breakfast.
(d) Clean up animal waste.

3. Who is the first character introduced in the play?
(a) Nanny.
(b) Mr. Goodman.
(c) Tillie.
(d) Janice Vickery.

4. Nanny is also described as:
(a) Young-looking, but terribly arthritic.
(b) Vibrant and beautiful.
(c) Talkative and wheelchair-bound.
(d) Utterly wrinkled and dried, perhaps a century old.

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 horses being shot.
(c) She does not want to hear the part about her father having a heart attack.
(d) She does not want to hear the part about rats in the basement.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character says that she receives fifty dollars a week?

2. What is Beatrice's reaction to Dr. Berg's phone call?

3. In the final scene at the end of Act 1, what beverage is Nanny drinking?

4. What kind of model does Tillie present in school?

5. Who is the person screaming upstairs after Beatrice places a phone call in Act 1?

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