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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Beatrice do in the first act to distract Ruth and avoid being upset?
(a) Beatrice tells Ruth the story of when she planted her first marigold garden.
(b) Beatrice tells Ruth the story of when she stole a wagon from her father.
(c) Beatrice tells the story of when she and Nanny stole a rabbit from a pet shop.
(d) Beatrice tells Ruth the story of when her father taught her how to drive a car.

2. What critical remark does Beatrice make about Ruth prior to the science fair?
(a) She says Ruth's hair bow is too large.
(b) She says Ruth's sweater is too tight.
(c) She says Ruth has a bad complexion.
(d) She says Ruth's lipstick is an ugly color.

3. Tillie's classmates laugh at her at which of the following school events?
(a) A pep rally.
(b) A school play.
(c) A soccer game.
(d) A science assembly.

4. What does Beatrice ask Ruth to hand her after the science fair?
(a) Newspapers.
(b) The family pet.
(c) Nanny's cane.
(d) Tacks.

5. Who attends the science fair with Tillie?
(a) Beatrice.
(b) Beatrice, Ruth, and Nanny.
(c) Beatrice and Ruth.
(d) Ruth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Beatrice's final line in the play?

2. How does Beatrice describe her daughter, Tillie?

3. What is the setting of the play in the opening act?

4. According to Tillie, the seeds which received moderate radiation ...

5. Of the following objects, which are NOT included in the description of the setting in Act 1?

(see the answer key)

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