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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. At the beginning of the play, what is Mrs. Gibbs doing just as her husband comes home?
(a) Making dinner.
(b) Getting ready for a party.
(c) Calling her children to breakfast.
(d) Sewing a quilt.

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

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

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

7. What does Mrs. Gibbs chide George for when he first appears on stage?
(a) Forgetting his homework.
(b) Talking back to her.
(c) Sleeping in.
(d) Spending his allowance too frivolously.

8. What does Mr. Webb congratulate Emily on when they talk during the second scene?
(a) A fine speech she gave in class.
(b) A fine performance at a dance recital.
(c) Her beauty beginning to bloom.
(d) A good grade on a hard test.

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

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

11. What does the stage manager say we do not know about ancient Rome and Greece?
(a) Their daily lives.
(b) Their goals and aspirations.
(c) Their appearances.
(d) Their belief systems.

12. What does Emily do when she sees her father on stage in the second scene?
(a) Embraces him.
(b) Teases him.
(c) Yells at him.
(d) Asks him questions.

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

14. What does Mr. Webb talk about when he is first introduced by the stage manager?
(a) The many hardships the town has faced.
(b) The economic situation of the town.
(c) The town's social and political life.
(d) The businesses in the town.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does George want to be when he grows up?

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

3. What is a special talent that George has?

4. Who talks with George after his parents go to bed?

5. What interrupts Emily as she is doing her homework during the second scene?

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