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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 did Lady's father do after Prohibition set in?
(a) Moved to New York.
(b) Robbed a bank.
(c) Sold tobacco.
(d) Bootlegged.

2. Who says, "What on earth can you do on this earth but catch whatever comes near you, with both your hands, until your fingers are broken"?
(a) Val.
(b) Vee.
(c) Lady.
(d) Carol.

3. Where does Carol tell Val she knows him from?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Memphis.
(c) California.
(d) New York.

4. Which character wears exaggerated eyeliner and stylized makeup?
(a) Carol.
(b) Vee.
(c) Lady.
(d) Beulah.

5. Where is the play set?
(a) A morgue.
(b) A florist's shop.
(c) A dry-goods store.
(d) A cemetery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Lady call in Act 1, Scene 2?

2. Where did Vee let Val sleep the night before in Act 1 Scene 1?

3. What is gilded on the window of the set?

4. Who has gone to the depot to meet Lady and Jabe?

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

(see the answer key)

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