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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the stage manager call the second act?
(a) Daily Life.
(b) Life and Death.
(c) Enduring Happiness.
(d) Love and Marriage.

2. What good news does Dr. Gibbs give his wife when they enter their house during the third scene?
(a) He is ready to take a vacation.
(b) She won the town contest.
(c) George will do all his chores now.
(d) He just got a raise.

3. Why does Mrs. Webb panic when she sees George?
(a) He seems to be angry.
(b) She is not fully dressed yet.
(c) He is not supposed to see Emily before the wedding.
(d) She thinks something is wrong at the Gibbs's house.

4. Which of these does the stage manager NOT mention as having happened in the space between acts?
(a) Mountains eroded.
(b) Children learned to walk.
(c) Wars were waged.
(d) Couples got married.

5. Where were Mrs. Webb and Mrs. Gibbs before the third scene?
(a) Home.
(b) The market.
(c) Choir practice.
(d) The school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emily ask Mrs. Webb when she sees her mother after talking with Mr. Webb?

2. What does Emily tell George she is not sorry for as they talk after the student council elections?

3. What do the row of chairs on stage indicate in the first scene in Act 3?

4. Where was Emily just before she came on stage in the second scene?

5. Why does Mrs. Webb say she is crying at the wedding?

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