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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does George realize when he is talking to Emily after the student council elections?
(a) She is blushing.
(b) She is mad at him.
(c) She is staring at him.
(d) She is scared of him.

2. What is George's natural feeling about women?
(a) They are kinder than men.
(b) They are naturally more good than men.
(c) They are too quick to trust.
(d) They need to be protected.

3. Who sits by Mrs. Webb at the wedding?
(a) Mrs. Gibbs.
(b) Mr. Webb.
(c) Simon Stimwell.
(d) Mrs. Soames.

4. What does Emily decide to do shortly after her death?
(a) Write about her experience.
(b) Move forward with her existence.
(c) Guard George from harm.
(d) Re-live her life.

5. Who does Mrs. Webb say cried earlier in the day at the wedding?
(a) Mr. Webb.
(b) Emily.
(c) The stage manager.
(d) Mrs. Gibbs.

6. What does the stage manager say is replacing automobiles while he chats with George and Emily?
(a) Bicycles.
(b) Horses.
(c) Walking.
(d) Buses.

7. According to the stage manager, what almost always accompanies youth and love?
(a) Trouble.
(b) Craziness.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Jealousy.

8. What is one of the main differences in town between the second and third acts?
(a) The war has begun.
(b) Many people died.
(c) The town is bigger.
(d) More people drive cars.

9. What question does the stage manager ask Emily while playing his first actual character?
(a) Why she is with George.
(b) If she won the election.
(c) Where she has been.
(d) Why she was crying.

10. What does Emily not like about the cemetery?
(a) Not being able to communicate with the living.
(b) The dreary feeling there.
(c) Being new there.
(d) Watching her loved ones grieve for her.

11. What is the name of the town in this play?
(a) Green Meadow Vista.
(b) Grenwhich Village.
(c) Grover's Corners.
(d) Glenndale Crest.

12. Why does Emily say what she thinks about just before she gets married?
(a) Her father crying.
(b) How handsome George is.
(c) She is scared.
(d) She feels that things are good the way they are.

13. What kind of college is George going to?
(a) Agricultural.
(b) Community.
(c) Journalism.
(d) Geological.

14. What does the stage manager do after George enters the cemetery?
(a) Holds him.
(b) Cries with George.
(c) Leads him away from the cemetary.
(d) Draws the curtain over the scene.

15. What does the stage manager tell the audience to do at the end of the play?
(a) Go home and rest.
(b) Live life to the fullest.
(c) Cherish those around them.
(d) Learn something.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following characters does NOT take a seat in one of the chairs in the first scene of Act 3?

2. Who does the stage manager introduce at the beginning of Act 3?

3. How did Emily die?

4. What does George tell his mother he and Emily will do just before he is married?

5. What does the stage manager say is the ancient tradition Emily and George are embarking on when they get married?

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