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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Dr. Gibbs say they must do to help Simon Stimson?
(a) Leave him alone.
(b) Hold an intervention.
(c) Have compassion.
(d) Visit him often.

3. What does Dr. Gibbs tell his wife he will not do while they chat in the yard together?
(a) Charge more money.
(b) Take a vacation.
(c) Buy her an antique table.
(d) Work less.

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

5. What does Emily say is keeping her from sleeping when her father comes home from work?
(a) The worry she feels for Simon Stimwell.
(b) The sound of the distant trains.
(c) The light from the moon and the smell of Mrs. Gibbs flowers.
(d) Concern for a test the next day.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which state is this play set in?

3. Why does Dr. Gibbs never leave his town?

4. Who asks Emily and her mother to leave during their discussion in the second scene?

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

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