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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these does the stage manager NOT mention as having happened in the space between acts?
(a) Couples got married.
(b) Mountains eroded.
(c) Wars were waged.
(d) Children learned to walk.

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

3. What is Emily doing when she asks her mother her very important question?
(a) Hanging laundry.
(b) Writing a letter.
(c) Helping her with the beans.
(d) Sewing a quilt.

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

5. Who helps George with his homework?
(a) Emily.
(b) Mr. Webb.
(c) Mrs. Webb.
(d) Mrs. Gibbs.

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

7. What does Dr. Gibb rebuke Mrs. Gibbs for when she returns at the beginning of the third scene?
(a) Being late.
(b) Eating too much.
(c) Gossiping.
(d) Spending too much money.

8. What are the actors doing in lieu of having real props?
(a) Using whatever is laying about.
(b) Miming their actions.
(c) Making their props as they go.
(d) Talking about what they are doing.

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

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

11. 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 was angry.
(c) He seemed sad.
(d) He was drunk.

12. Why does Dr. Gibbs never leave his town?
(a) He does not want to leave the town without a doctor.
(b) He has moral obligations to stay where he is.
(c) He worries about leaving his children.
(d) He hates to travel.

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

14. When did Mrs. Gibbs first meet her husband?
(a) In a diner.
(b) At their wedding.
(c) At the doctor's office.
(d) At school.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Webb say of the people of the town that could be considered an insult?

2. At the beginning of the play, what is Mrs. Gibbs doing just as her husband comes home?

3. What does Mrs. Gibbs try to do as she enters her house after talking to her husband in the yard?

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

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

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