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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Joe do when he leaves town?
(a) Goes to college.
(b) Works at a big city newspaper.
(c) Marries his sweetheart.
(d) Joins the Navy.

2. Where is Mrs.Gibbs while Mr Gibbs is talking to George after school?
(a) The market.
(b) The garden.
(c) On a walk.
(d) Choir practice.

3. What does Mr. Webb talk about when he is first introduced by the stage manager?
(a) The town's social and political life.
(b) The economic situation of the town.
(c) The many hardships the town has faced.
(d) The businesses in the town.

4. At the beginning of the play what does Mrs. Webb do when she first comes out of her house?
(a) Feeds her chickens.
(b) Checks her mailbox.
(c) Strings some beans.
(d) Hangs some laundry.

5. Which state is this play set in?
(a) New Hampshire.
(b) New Mexico.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Simon Stimson's occupation?

2. Who tells Mr. Webb what George wants to be when he grown up?

3. What does the stage manager do before Mrs. Webb and Mrs. Gibbs leave the stage after the first scene?

4. What does Mrs. Gibbs ask her husband to talk to George about at the beginning of the play?

5. What does the stage manager say we do not know about ancient Rome and Greece?

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