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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Howie Newsome talk about in the street at the beginning of the second act?
(a) The war.
(b) The higher prices of milk.
(c) Simon Stimson's drunkeness.
(d) Losing a great baseball player.

2. 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.

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

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

5. What does George want to be when he grows up?
(a) A soldier.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A newspaper editor.
(d) A farmer.

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

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

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

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

10. Who tells Mr. Webb what George wants to be when he grown up?
(a) The stage manager.
(b) Emily.
(c) George.
(d) Mrs. Webb.

11. What is Simon Stimson's occupation?
(a) Choir director.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Milkman.
(d) Journalist.

12. What triggers the appearance of the Webb family at the beginning of the book?
(a) A horn honking.
(b) The factory whistle.
(c) The school bell.
(d) An alarm clock.

13. What does Dr. Gibbs give George when he has finished talking to him after school?
(a) A dollar.
(b) A handkerchief.
(c) A hug.
(d) A rake.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Webb do for the person he sees on his way home from work on the first day of the play?

2. What does the stage manager tell the audience when he first appears in the third scene?

3. What does Joe do when he leaves town?

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

5. What does Mrs. Gibbs ask her husband to talk to George about at the beginning of the play?

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