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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 2,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Norman ask the phone operator to do?
(a) To ring up Chelsea's cell phone.
(b) To call his brother at the hospital.
(c) To call him back to check the phone's status.
(d) Norman does not speak to the operator.

2. What is the best description of the living room?
(a) Tidy and organized.
(b) Austere.
(c) Disorganized.
(d) Filled to overflowing with junk.

3. Who is Elmer?
(a) The police chief.
(b) The fire chief.
(c) A doll.
(d) The caretaker.

4. What does Ethel find intriguing about Miss Appley and Miss Tate?
(a) That they have lived into their 90s.
(b) That they had both been asked for marriage by the same man and each in turn had said no.
(c) That they are identical twins and still are impossible to tell apart.
(d) That they have been together for so many years and must have had a great love affair.

5. Why does Norman pick up the telephone?
(a) To call and order pizza delivery.
(b) To call Chelsea.
(c) To call his office and check in.
(d) To see if there is a dial tone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Chelsea's husband?

2. Who does Norman yell to to ask him/her to open the door?

3. In answer to Norman's question as to why Charlie never married Chelsea, what does Charlie reply?

4. In what year is the house at Golden Pond built?

5. Why do Chelsea and her boyfriend leave young Billy with Norman and Ethel Thayer?

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