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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. Why is Val in town?
(a) His sister lives here.
(b) His car broke down.
(c) His father lives here.
(d) He's looking for Lady.

2. Who does Dolly speak to in the Prologue?
(a) Beulah.
(b) Mrs. Dubinsky.
(c) Lula.
(d) Eva.

3. What is the name of the local highway?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) Dixie.
(c) Ville Platte.
(d) Windwood.

4. What does Jabe complain about being moved in the store?
(a) The umbrellas.
(b) The flowers.
(c) The shoes.
(d) The food.

5. Who enters the store after the loud savage cry?
(a) Lady.
(b) Beulah.
(c) Carol.
(d) Val.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the play set?

2. How much time has passed between Act 1, Scene 1 and Act 1, Scene 2?

3. What does Val say that today is in Act 1, Scene 2?

4. What is Val fixing with a pocket knife when Carol approaches him in Act 1 Scene 1?

5. Whose family name is the oldest and most distinguished in the county?

(see the answer key)

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