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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Joe do when he leaves town?
(a) Works at a big city newspaper.
(b) Joins the Navy.
(c) Goes to college.
(d) Marries his sweetheart.

3. What advice does Mr. Webb give George as they talk in his kitchen?
(a) Make sure your wife knows you are the boss.
(b) Always strike first.
(c) Never procrastinate.
(d) Keep your eye on the ball.

4. 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) Her husband delivered twins the night before.
(c) She is selling an antique table of hers.
(d) Her son is doing well in school.

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

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

7. What does the stage manager make special mention of just before he begins a narrative of the town?
(a) The morning star.
(b) The sun.
(c) The north star.
(d) The moon.

8. How much time passed between the first act and the second act?
(a) Three months.
(b) Three days.
(c) Three hours.
(d) Three years.

9. What does Mrs. Gibbs try to do as she enters her house after talking to her husband in the yard?
(a) Check the mail.
(b) Feed the chickens.
(c) Lock her door.
(d) Wave to her neighbor.

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

11. What does Mr. Gibbs tease his wife about when he first appears on stage in the second act?
(a) Putting on a wedding.
(b) Crying.
(c) Gaining weight.
(d) Losing a child.

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

13. What is Joe's occupation?
(a) Milkman.
(b) Grocer.
(c) Student.
(d) Paperboy.

14. What does Mr. Webb do when he sees his daughter Emily on stage in the second scene?
(a) Teases her.
(b) Yells at her.
(c) Asks her questions.
(d) Embraces her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which state is this play set in?

2. Who is the first character to speak in the second act?

3. What are the actors doing in lieu of having real props?

4. What did the stage manager call the first act?

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

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