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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is George running to when we first see him in the second act?
(a) School.
(b) The farm.
(c) The baseball diamond.
(d) Emily's house.

2. What does Howie Newsome talk about in the street at the beginning of the second act?
(a) The higher prices of milk.
(b) The war.
(c) Losing a great baseball player.
(d) Simon Stimson's drunkeness.

3. What does Mr. Webb do for the person he sees on his way home from work on the first day of the play?
(a) Sends him home.
(b) Stops to listen to him.
(c) Hurries along home.
(d) Comforts him.

4. What is the town having a discussion about after Emily and her mother stop talking?
(a) Who to elect mayor.
(b) What to put in a time capsule.
(c) How to punish a criminal.
(d) What to do about the economy.

5. How many other people are talking to Howie at the beginning of the second act?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

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

7. What does Mr. Webb do when he sees his daughter Emily on stage in the second scene?
(a) Asks her questions.
(b) Yells at her.
(c) Embraces her.
(d) Teases her.

8. What does the stage manager tell the audience when he first appears in the third scene?
(a) Someone is about to die.
(b) The town is going to bed.
(c) The Webb family is fighting.
(d) There is deep unrest in the city even if it looks peaceful.

9. What does Mrs. Webb chide Emily for when she first appears on stage?
(a) Studying while she eats.
(b) Teasing her younger siblings.
(c) Being too slow to get up.
(d) Staying up too late at night.

10. What does the stage manager plan to put into the time capsule?
(a) This play.
(b) A picture of the townspeople.
(c) Emily's journal.
(d) A drop of his blood.

11. What does Rebecca talk about before she goes to bed?
(a) Her new dress.
(b) Her schoolmates.
(c) A letter her friend received.
(d) The beauty of the moon.

12. What does Mrs. Gibbs invite her husband to do after his gentle rebuke to her in the yard?
(a) Take a drive.
(b) Smell her roses.
(c) Go on a walk.
(d) Eat some dinner.

13. How does Mrs. Gibbs want to use the extra money she has coming in?
(a) Go to Paris with her husband.
(b) Let her husband retire.
(c) Send her daughter to college.
(d) Paint her house.

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

15. What does Mr. Webb talk to George about when Mrs. Webb runs out of her kitchen?
(a) The war.
(b) Farming.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Marriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Webb notice about the person he sees on the way home from work on the first day?

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

3. Who does the stage manager introduce at the beginning of the second scene of the play?

4. Where does Mrs. Webb run when George comes to her house?

5. What is a special talent that George has?

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