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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of school project is Tillie working on in Act 1?
(a) A social studies project.
(b) A science project.
(c) A music project.
(d) A language arts project.

2. What is the setting of the play in the opening act?
(a) A school gymnasium.
(b) A swimming pool.
(c) A field of marigolds.
(d) A dark room of wood.

3. When Act 2 begins, what kind of clothes is Tillie wearing?
(a) Clothes that are stylish and flattering.
(b) Clothes that are dirty and ragged.
(c) Clothes that are too revealing for a girl her age.
(d) Clothes that are too girlish for her awkwardness.

4. What is missing from Janice Vickery's experimental specimen?
(a) Skull.
(b) Jawbone.
(c) Tailbone.
(d) Rib bones.

5. How does Beatrice describe her daughter, Tillie?
(a) She is a pretty girl.
(b) She is not a pretty girl.
(c) She is a mean girl.
(d) She is a sweet girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nanny say in Act 2?

2. Who talks about opening a tea shop?

3. Who makes the following statement: "You know, one day maybe you will be pretty."

4. Tillie's classmates laugh at her at which of the following school events?

5. Why is Ruth upset with Beatrice at the end of Act 1?

(see the answer key)

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