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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What questionable activity does Beatrice allow Ruth to do?
(a) Set off firecrackers.
(b) Boat without a life jacket.
(c) Ride a horse backwards.
(d) Smoke cigarettes.

2. When the scream is heard from upstairs, what sound accompanies it?
(a) A dog barking.
(b) A person whistling.
(c) An ambulance siren.
(d) Crashes of thunder.

3. Who does Beatrice receive a phone call from in Act 1?
(a) Nanny.
(b) Mr. Goodman.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Janice Vickery.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following animals appeared in a recurring nightmare that Beatrice used to have?

2. Ruth has one of the following problems:

3. What special job does Ruth hold at school?

4. What substance does Nanny spill?

5. Which statements does Beatrice NOT make about Tillie?

(see the answer key)

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