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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Henry compare time?
(a) To a river.
(b) To the sun.
(c) To sand.
(d) To a road.

2. Waldo, who is clearly quite old, is losing his senses, mistakes what for a person?
(a) His overcoat.
(b) His umbrella.
(c) A post.
(d) A shadow.

3. What does Henry assure Williams?
(a) He is free.
(b) He is still a slave.
(c) He will not get captured.
(d) He may stay at Walden Pond.

4. What does Sergeant Sam urge the troops to do?
(a) Duck and cover.
(b) Build a trench.
(c) Run for their lives.
(d) Form a line and start firing.

5. If more people were willing to go to jail to protest the government, they could effect change on what scale?
(a) A small scale.
(b) The scale of the Civil War.
(c) The scale of the American Revolution.
(d) The scale of the Mexican War.

Short Answer Questions

1. The scene fades and Sam is doing what?

2. Henry praises the speaker, and calls him by what name?

3. Why is Henry visibly frustrated with himself?

4. What does Henry do when he catches Ellen writing notes once again?

5. What has Ellen's father done, regarding her little brother, Edmund?

(see the answer key)

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