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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) Joins the Navy.
(c) Marries his sweetheart.
(d) Works at a big city newspaper.

2. Who asks questions of Mr. Webb when he has finished his introduction of the town?
(a) Actors planted in the audience.
(b) The stage manager.
(c) Audience members.
(d) Mr. Webb's children.

3. What is Simon Stimson's occupation?
(a) Journalist.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Choir director.
(d) Milkman.

4. What interrupts Emily as she is doing her homework during the second scene?
(a) A car horn honking.
(b) The school bell.
(c) The church choir.
(d) A train whistle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Emily doing when she asks her mother her very important question?

2. What does Mr. Webb say of the people of the town that could be considered an insult?

3. How does Mrs. Gibbs want to use the extra money she has coming in?

4. At the beginning of the play, what does Mrs. Gibbs do when she first comes out of her house?

5. At the beginning of the play what does Mrs. Webb do when she first comes out of her house?

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