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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Gibbs ask her husband to talk to George about at the beginning of the play?
(a) Not doing his share of chores.
(b) Getting poor grades in school.
(c) Being disrespectful to his mother.
(d) Not eating his dinner.

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

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

4. What is happening to George to prevent him from playing baseball?
(a) He is getting married.
(b) He is buying a farm.
(c) He is going to war.
(d) He hurt his arm.

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

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

7. 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.

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

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

10. Where does Mrs. Webb run when George comes to her house?
(a) To get him some food.
(b) To get dressed.
(c) To retrieve the present she has for him.
(d) To keep Emily in her room.

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

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

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

14. Where is George running to when we first see him in the second act?
(a) The baseball diamond.
(b) Emily's house.
(c) School.
(d) The farm.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were Mrs. Webb and Mrs. Gibbs before the third scene?

2. What does Dr. Gibbs talk to George about when he sees him after school?

3. Who talks with George after his parents go to bed?

4. What is Simon Stimson's occupation?

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

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