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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mr. Webb's profession?
(a) Milkman.
(b) Barber.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Newspaper editor.

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

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

4. What does George talk about after his parents go to bed?
(a) His goals.
(b) The stars.
(c) The beauty of the moon.
(d) His love for Emily.

5. What does Mrs. Gibbs chide her husband for when he comes home at the beginning of the play?
(a) Coming home late again.
(b) Not getting enough rest.
(c) Drinking too much.
(d) Not picking up the milk she needed from the store.

6. 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 is handsome.
(d) He loves his job.

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. At the beginning of the play, what exciting news does Mrs. Gibbs have to tell Mrs. Webb when they meet in their yards?
(a) She won a prize for her pie recipe at the fair.
(b) She is selling an antique table of hers.
(c) Her husband delivered twins the night before.
(d) Her son is doing well in school.

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

15. 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) Comforts him.
(c) Stops to listen to him.
(d) Hurries along home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Webb congratulate Emily on when they talk during the second scene?

2. What does Mrs. Webb chide Emily for when she first appears on stage?

3. What does the stage manager call the second act?

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

5. What does George plan to do when he leaves his mother's house?

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