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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does Deacon Ball use incorrectly, which actually means forbidden?
(a) Perscribed.
(b) Prisribed.
(c) Proscribed.
(d) Penscribed.

2. Who are the only people married in John and Henry's family?
(a) Their parents and uncle.
(b) Their father and mother.
(c) Their parents and aunt.
(d) Their parents and older brother.

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

4. Henry tells John that college was a waste of time except for what?
(a) The weekends.
(b) Lunch.
(c) Waldo's lectures.
(d) The lab courses.

5. Why is Henry applying for work as a repair person?
(a) He wants to help the Emersons.
(b) He wants to stop thinking.
(c) He loves to repair machinery.
(d) He likes to work with his hands.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do both Henry and Waldo do simultaneously?

2. Bailey is impressed and observes that Henry must be a teacher. Why is Bailey impressed with Henry?

3. Why does Henry make this agreement with Ellen before taking her to shore?

4. Henry notes that older people like her father are "polluted" by advice. How does he strongly urge Ellen to maintain her "innocence?"

5. What does Henry notice about Ellen?

(see the answer key)

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