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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Henry notice about Ellen?
(a) She is an older girl and is taking notes.
(b) She is beautiful.
(c) She is younger than any of the other students.
(d) She is staring at him.

2. What similarity between Henry and Waldo do John and Mother note?
(a) Waldo and Henry's speeches.
(b) Waldo and Henry's personalites.
(c) Waldo and Henry's irritability.
(d) Waldo and Henry's looks.

3. What is the only reason for why Henry leaves his home?
(a) To see his family.
(b) To visit friends.
(c) To go swimming.
(d) For trips to town for supplies.

4. How does Bailey feel about being in jail with Henry?
(a) He is irritated by him.
(b) He is delighted to be in jail with an author.
(c) He does not mind being in jail with an author.
(d) He hates being in jail with him.

5. What does Henry offer to Waldo and Lydian?
(a) To make their home a green home.
(b) To be a tutor for their son.
(c) To babysit their son.
(d) To clean their home for them.

Short Answer Questions

1. In another area of the stage, Henry's mother is visibly upset. What does she ask Henry?

2. After telling Ellen about Transcendentalism, what does he invite her to do?

3. Henry replies that he likes the way the alphabet sounds and feels when read backwards. Why does he think that things should be mixed up?

4. Who are the only people married in John and Henry's family?

5. What happens to the man, in Waldo's story, who goes to India to earn a fortune, so he can retire a poet?

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