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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Nickles says that the real reason for suffering is to learn that everything ends in what?
(a) Death and sorrow.
(b) Death and emptiness.
(c) Death and pity.
(d) Death and dirt.

2. The scene between the family shows the _____ between J.B. and Sarah about their beliefs.
(a) Similarities.
(b) Differences.
(c) Closeness.
(d) Tension.

3. When Zuss and Nickles are able to put their masks on again in Scene 7, they become what?
(a) Instruments of God's wisdom.
(b) Instruments of Satan's wrath.
(c) Instruments of the masks.
(d) Instruments of God's wrath.

4. Nickles and Zuss are what type of characters?
(a) Scenic.
(b) Antagonists.
(c) Narrators.
(d) Protagonists.

5. What is J.B. and Sarah's daughter holding in her fist when she is found?
(a) A toy doll.
(b) A stuffed animal.
(c) A toy tea pot.
(d) A toy umbrella.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do J.B. and Sarah wait to call the police?

2. When J.B. and Sarah are arguing over whether God's blessings are earned or simply given, what happens to interrupt them?

3. What does Mr. Nickles sell?

4. When J.B. and Sarah both pray for sleep, the women recall the death of Sarah and J.B.'s children and wonder whether Sarah will do what?

5. Zuss wonders if J.B. knows that he is a(n) ______ in the story.

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