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

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

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

4. Who asks Emily and her mother to leave during their discussion in the second scene?
(a) The stage manager.
(b) Mr. Webb.
(c) George.
(d) Mrs. Gibbs.

5. What does Emily ask Mrs. Webb when she sees her mother after talking with Mr. Webb?
(a) If she seems happy.
(b) If she is pretty.
(c) If she is well-liked.
(d) If she is smart.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Emily do when she sees her father on stage in the second scene?

3. At the beginning of the play, what is Mrs. Gibbs doing just as her husband comes home?

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

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

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