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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 good news does Dr. Gibbs give his wife when they enter their house during the third scene?
(a) He is ready to take a vacation.
(b) He just got a raise.
(c) George will do all his chores now.
(d) She won the town contest.

2. Where are Mrs. Webb and Mrs. Gibbs heading at the beginning of the third scene?
(a) The market.
(b) The school.
(c) Choir practice.
(d) Home.

3. Which state is this play set in?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) New Mexico.
(c) New Hampshire.
(d) New York.

4. Who gives the introduction to the play?
(a) The narrator.
(b) The director.
(c) The stage manager.
(d) An assembly of cast members.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Mrs.Gibbs while Mr Gibbs is talking to George after school?

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

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

4. What personal detail about Simon Stimson do we learn from the stage manager?

5. What is so surprising to Rebecca about the mailman?

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