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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the "beautiful word" that Tillie speaks of in her opening monologue?
(a) Atom.
(b) Rabbit.
(c) Cobalt.
(d) Marigold.

3. What does Beatrice say about the teachers and students at Tillie's school?
(a) Beatrice calls the teachers inept and the students exemplary.
(b) Beatrice calls the teachers overpaid and the students overweight.
(c) Beatrice calls the teachers stupid and the students vicious.
(d) Beatrice calls the teachers underpaid and the students underachievers.

4. What kind of model does Tillie present in school?
(a) A model of a house.
(b) A model of a vegetable farm.
(c) A model of a swimming pool.
(d) A model of an atom.

5. What is the name of the lipstick that Ruth borrows from Beatrice?
(a) Devil's Kiss.
(b) Drop Dead Diva.
(c) Daisy Lips.
(d) Drama Queen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zindel state about Ruth's appearance at the beginning of Act 2?

2. What does Beatrice say she is going to do to Tillie's pet?

3. Who says that Tillie and Ruth are misfits?

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

5. What happens to Ruth at the end of Act 2?

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