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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tillie is engaged in the following activity while her mother reads the newspaper:
(a) Feeding Nanny her breakfast.
(b) Planting marigolds.
(c) Applying lipstick.
(d) Grooming a horse.

2. What is one of the reasons that Tillie is teased by other students at school, according to Ruth?
(a) Tillie's complete lack of athletic ability.
(b) Tillie's poor performance in her vocal solo.
(c) Tillie's shouting match with a classmate.
(d) Tillie's unkempt appearance .

3. What is the purpose of the phone call that Beatrice initiates in Act 1?
(a) To order marigold seeds.
(b) To express her concern about the marigold seeds her daughter Tillie brought home from school.
(c) To discuss Nanny's health with a physician.
(d) To enroll in a real estate course.

4. Who calls Beatrice at the end of Act 1?
(a) Dr. Berg, the school psychologist.
(b) Dr. Berg, the school principal.
(c) Dr. Berg, Nanny's physician.
(d) Dr. Berg, Beatrice's psychologist.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Beatrice's last name?

2. Which of the following conditions did Beatrice's former husband suffer with?

3. What kind of school project is Tillie working on in Act 1?

4. How does Beatrice's recurring nightmare end?

5. Which statements does Beatrice NOT make about Tillie?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Beatrice's feelings toward Tillie's pet.

2. What is Beatrice's state when Tillie and Ruth return home from the science fair? How does she react to the news that Tillie has won?

3. What is the business scheme that Beatrice is preoccupied with in Act 2? According to Beatrice, what role will her daughters play?

4. Describe Nanny's physical appearance.

5. Why do you think Tillie's appearance at the science fair is so important to Ruth?

6. Compare Janice Vickery's presentation at the science fair to Tillie's.

7. What do Beatrice and Ruth argue about prior to the science fair?

8. How does the science experiment make Tillie feel, and why?

9. Why does Beatrice want Tillie to wear a bow in her hair?

10. Describe the relationship between Ruth and Beatrice.

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