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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the stage manager describe the weddings in this town?
(a) Plain and short.
(b) Long and tedius.
(c) Sweet and sentimental.
(d) Joyous and rowdy.

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

3. What does Mrs. Webb say is cruel while at the wedding?
(a) Not allowing a mother to help her daughter get dressed on her wedding day.
(b) Stealing a mother's daughter so soon after graduation.
(c) Forcing a mother to plan a wedding on such short notice.
(d) Sending young girls into marriage unprepared.

4. Where did George and Emily go after they were elected to their offices in the student council?
(a) A soda shop.
(b) George's house.
(c) The school library.
(d) Emily's house.

5. Which of the following does the stage manager say is NOT eternal?
(a) The stars.
(b) Life.
(c) Family.
(d) Love.

6. What does Emily say about the Earth?
(a) It is too wonderful for anyone to realize.
(b) It is awful and wonderful.
(c) It is more dear than she ever could have imagined.
(d) It will always be her home.

7. What is Emily's natural feeling about men?
(a) They are all corrupt.
(b) They are here to protect women.
(c) They are not people to trust.
(d) They should be perfect.

8. What does George say when Emily tells him what she is worried about while drinking sodas with him?
(a) He is happy to see her speechless.
(b) It is worth it.
(c) He will walk her home.
(d) He likes her too,

9. What does George tell Emily is so hard for a fella' as he talks to her after the student council elections?
(a) Hiding his feelings.
(b) Allowing faults to creep into his character.
(c) Avoiding conceit.
(d) Denying pretty girls.

10. What does Emily tell George is the only thing she really wants?
(a) To feel safe.
(b) To be happy.
(c) To be loved.
(d) To have children.

11. What is so conspicuous about one of the chairs in the first row in the first scene of Act 3?
(a) It is a different color than the others.
(b) There is a spotlight on it.
(c) There is a small child in it.
(d) It is empty.

12. What does Emily beg her mother to do at the end of the play?
(a) Truly see her and experience the moments she has.
(b) Come with her.
(c) Keep her safe.
(d) Let loose of her mundane duties for a time.

13. How did Wally die?
(a) Suicide.
(b) War wound.
(c) Car accident.
(d) Disease.

14. Who enters the stage just after Mrs. Webb is done speaking at the wedding?
(a) Mrs. Gibbs.
(b) Mr. Webb.
(c) Emily.
(d) George.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emily NOT say goodbye to when she chooses to not re-live her life?

2. What does Emily decide to do shortly after her death?

3. How did Simon Stimwell die?

4. What does Mrs. Webb give Emily when she first begins her new life?

5. What does the stage manager urge the audience to do while George and Emily prepare to tell their story?

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