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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. Where is Joe killed?
(a) In a car accident.
(b) In the war.
(c) In a strange city of a strange disease.
(d) In a street brawl.

2. What is Emily doing when she asks her mother her very important question?
(a) Hanging laundry.
(b) Sewing a quilt.
(c) Writing a letter.
(d) Helping her with the beans.

3. What are the actors doing in lieu of having real props?
(a) Talking about what they are doing.
(b) Making their props as they go.
(c) Using whatever is laying about.
(d) Miming their actions.

4. What does Mrs. Gibbs ask her husband to talk to George about at the beginning of the play?
(a) Getting poor grades in school.
(b) Being disrespectful to his mother.
(c) Not doing his share of chores.
(d) Not eating his dinner.

5. Where does Mrs. Gibbs die?
(a) At a town party.
(b) At home in her bed.
(c) Out west while visiting her daughter.
(d) On the train while traveling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Gibbs give George when he has finished talking to him after school?

2. At the beginning of the play, what exciting news does Mrs. Gibbs have to tell Mrs. Webb when they meet in their yards?

3. What does the stage manager say was wasted in Joe's death?

4. What does George want to be when he grows up?

5. What is Simon Stimson's occupation?

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