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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 animal is featured in one of the student's entries at the science fair?
(a) A cat.
(b) A dog.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A lamb.

2. In the final scene at the end of Act 1, what does Tillie carry in from the front door?
(a) A box of marigold plants.
(b) A carton of cigarettes.
(c) A hamster in a cage.
(d) A report card.

3. What is the substance that Beatrice keeps in a small bottle in a chest of drawers?
(a) Lighter fluid.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Ethanol.
(d) Chloroform.

4. What type of action does Janice Vickery say she undertook on her experimental specimen?
(a) She boiled the animal.
(b) She llit the animal on fire.
(c) She put it in a swimming pool.
(d) She exposed the animal to cobalt-60.

5. What does Beatrice read about in the newspaper?
(a) Teenage drinking.
(b) Real estate listings.
(c) Sports.
(d) Elder abuse.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of transportation do the girls take to go to the science fair?

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

4. What does Beatrice ask Ruth to hand her after the science fair?

5. Select the character below who makes the following statement in Act 2: "I hate the world."

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