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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the stage manager call the second act?
(a) Daily Life.
(b) Life and Death.
(c) Enduring Happiness.
(d) Love and Marriage.

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

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

4. What question does the stage manager ask Emily while playing his first actual character?
(a) Why she was crying.
(b) If she won the election.
(c) Where she has been.
(d) Why she is with George.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the guests at George and Emily's wedding sit on?

2. What does George say when Emily tells him what she is worried about while drinking sodas with him?

3. How does the stage manager describe the weddings in this town?

4. What does Mrs. Gibbs serve for breakfast on the first morning of the second act?

5. Why is Mrs. Gibbs so worried about her husband?

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