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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 is Joe's occupation?
(a) Student.
(b) Paperboy.
(c) Milkman.
(d) Grocer.

2. Why does Dr. Gibbs never leave his town?
(a) He worries about leaving his children.
(b) He does not want to leave the town without a doctor.
(c) He has moral obligations to stay where he is.
(d) He hates to travel.

3. Where was Emily just before she came on stage in the second scene?
(a) Taking a leisurely walk.
(b) At the store.
(c) At home.
(d) At school.

4. At the beginning of the play, what does Dr. Gibbs say he has been up all night doing?
(a) Drinking at the local bar.
(b) Attending to the wounds of two returned war veterans.
(c) Preparing a man for death.
(d) Helping a woman give birth to twins.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Simon Stimson's occupation?

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

3. What is the town having a discussion about after Emily and her mother stop talking?

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

5. What does Mrs. Webb chide Emily for when she first appears on stage?

(see the answer key)

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