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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 town's social and political life.
(c) The businesses in the town.
(d) The economic situation of the town.

2. Where was Emily just before she came on stage in the second scene?
(a) At home.
(b) Taking a leisurely walk.
(c) At the store.
(d) At school.

3. Who asks Emily and her mother to leave during their discussion in the second scene?
(a) George.
(b) The stage manager.
(c) Mr. Webb.
(d) Mrs. Gibbs.

4. Where is Joe killed?
(a) In a street brawl.
(b) In the war.
(c) In a car accident.
(d) In a strange city of a strange disease.

5. What does Mr. Gibbs say is something only done in big cities?
(a) Encouraging a college education.
(b) Spreading gossip.
(c) Locking doors.
(d) Working too long.

6. Where were Mrs. Webb and Mrs. Gibbs before the third scene?
(a) The school.
(b) Home.
(c) The market.
(d) Choir practice.

7. What does Mr. Webb tell his daughter to do when he gets home from work?
(a) Hug him.
(b) Eat supper with him.
(c) Show him her homework.
(d) Turn out her lights.

8. What was so upsetting to Mrs. Gibbs about Simon earlier in the day when she is talking to Mrs. Webb?
(a) He swore in front of her.
(b) He seemed sad.
(c) He was angry.
(d) He was drunk.

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

10. What does Mrs. Webb do when she first enters the stage in the second act?
(a) Kisses her husband.
(b) Feeds her chickens.
(c) Tends her garden.
(d) Makes breakfast.

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

12. Where is Mrs.Gibbs while Mr Gibbs is talking to George after school?
(a) Choir practice.
(b) On a walk.
(c) The market.
(d) The garden.

13. What does Dr. Gibbs say they must do to help Simon Stimson?
(a) Have compassion.
(b) Hold an intervention.
(c) Leave him alone.
(d) Visit him often.

14. Who asks questions of Mr. Webb when he has finished his introduction of the town?
(a) Mr. Webb's children.
(b) The stage manager.
(c) Actors planted in the audience.
(d) Audience members.

15. What does Mrs. Gibbs worry will happen to George?
(a) He won't be cared for.
(b) He will not keep in touch with her.
(c) He will forget her.
(d) He will not have enough money.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Emily assure her father she does not have on her mind before he goes to bed?

3. What does Mrs. Gibbs do when she first enters the stage in the second act?

4. What does Mrs. Gibbs chide her husband for when he comes home at the beginning of the play?

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

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