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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Immediately following Janice's presentation at the science fair, the lights come up to reveal which of the following characters?
(a) Tillie giving her presentation.
(b) Beatrice, who has been drinking.
(c) Ruth sneaking out of the house.
(d) Nanny falling down the stairs.

2. Who is the person screaming upstairs after Beatrice places a phone call in Act 1?
(a) Miss Torgersen.
(b) Mr. Goodman.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Nanny.

3. Tillie reveals that she had help purchasing some of the necessary items for her experiment. Who helped her pay for them?
(a) Mr. Goodman.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Beatrice.
(d) Janice Vickery.

4. What does Beatrice say she is going to do to Tillie's pet?
(a) Put it on a leash and take it for a walk.
(b) Put lipstick on it.
(c) Chloroform it.
(d) Dress it up in baby clothes.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of the events below, which one does NOT take place in Act 2?

2. As the final scene in Act 1 begins, what does Beatrice drop from the top of the stairs?

3. Janice Vickery states that her experiment is an accomplishment that will what?

4. When someone says goodnight to Beatrice at the beginning of Act 2, what name does she call her?

5. What does Tillie finally decide to do with the rabbit in Act 2?

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