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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How much time passed between the first act and the second act?
(a) Three days.
(b) Three years.
(c) Three months.
(d) Three hours.

3. What is so surprising to Rebecca about the mailman?
(a) He loves his job.
(b) He is handsome.
(c) He never fails to deliver the mail.
(d) He delivered a letter with an extensive address to her friend.

4. Where does Mrs. Gibbs die?
(a) Out west while visiting her daughter.
(b) At home in her bed.
(c) On the train while traveling.
(d) At a town party.

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

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

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

8. What does George plan to do when he leaves his mother's house?
(a) Go to war.
(b) Raise chickens.
(c) Become a writer.
(d) Play baseball.

9. What personal detail about Simon Stimson do we learn from the stage manager?
(a) He is an atheist.
(b) He is having an affair.
(c) He has a drinking problem.
(d) He will die in a few days.

10. What does Emily assure her father she does not have on her mind before he goes to bed?
(a) Discontent.
(b) Boys.
(c) Love.
(d) Troubles.

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

12. What does the stage manager tell the audience they may do at the end of the first act?
(a) Leave.
(b) Smoke.
(c) Applaud.
(d) Eat.

13. Who does the stage manager introduce at the beginning of the second scene of the play?
(a) A geologist.
(b) A famous doctor.
(c) Another narrator.
(d) A university professor.

14. At the beginning of the play, what does Dr. Gibbs say he has been up all night doing?
(a) Drinking at the local bar.
(b) Helping a woman give birth to twins.
(c) Attending to the wounds of two returned war veterans.
(d) Preparing a man for death.

15. What is happening to George to prevent him from playing baseball?
(a) He is getting married.
(b) He hurt his arm.
(c) He is going to war.
(d) He is buying a farm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Gibbs tease his wife about when he first appears on stage in the second act?

2. What does Joe do when he leaves town?

3. What does the stage manager plan to put into the time capsule?

4. What does Dr. Gibb rebuke Mrs. Gibbs for when she returns at the beginning of the third scene?

5. At the beginning of the play, what does Mrs. Gibbs do when she first comes out of her house?

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