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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Henry's Aunt Louisa done?
(a) Come to visit.
(b) Come to console Henry's mother.
(c) Told Sam to let Henry go.
(d) Paid his tax bill.

2. The audience's attention then goes back to the jail cell, where Henry is seen waking up who?
(a) His cellmate, Bailey.
(b) His brother, John.
(c) His friend, Waldo.
(d) The guard, Sam.

3. Henry objects to Sergeant Sam, but what happens?
(a) He eats his breakfast anyway.
(b) He is forced to participate.
(c) He lets himself out of the cell.
(d) He reads the note.

4. Who is the old man who enters with his wife?
(a) John Thoreau.
(b) Edward Emerson.
(c) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(d) Henry David Thoreau.

5. Sergeant Sam wakes the sleeping Henry and gives him what?
(a) A rifle.
(b) A note.
(c) The key to the jail cell.
(d) His breakfast.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Henry reply when Sam asks him what his occupation is?

2. How does Henry react when Waldo tells him they need to work within the laws to fight the war?

3. What does Henry believe is the motivation for the war in Mexico?

4. What do both Henry and Waldo do simultaneously?

5. Ball notes that it is a sin to work on Sundays, and what does John note about Henry?

(see the answer key)

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