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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the stage manager say is the ancient tradition Emily and George are embarking on when they get married?
(a) Sacrificing comfort for the greater good.
(b) Announcing to the world their monogamy.
(c) Living two by two.
(d) Forsaking ones parents.

2. What does the stage manager say IS eternal?
(a) Influence.
(b) Names.
(c) Something.
(d) Money.

3. What does George say that he is celebrating with Emily?
(a) The election and their friendship.
(b) Changing the school together.
(c) Having a real conversation.
(d) Winning his last baseball game.

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

5. Who does the stage manager say are witnesses to the marriage between George and Emily?
(a) The world.
(b) God and angels.
(c) The audience.
(d) The town.

6. How does George answer the stage manager's question to Emily after the Student Council elections?
(a) She won by a landslide.
(b) She was scared of a runaway horse.
(c) She was at the elections.
(d) They are dating.

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

8. Which of the following characters does NOT take a seat in one of the chairs in the first scene of Act 3?
(a) Mr. Webb.
(b) Mrs. Soames.
(c) Simon Stimwell.
(d) Mrs. Gibbs.

9. What is the second real character that the stage manager plays?
(a) The decorator.
(b) The mailman.
(c) The minister.
(d) The ring bearer.

10. What is the setting of the first scene in Act 3?
(a) A church.
(b) A school.
(c) A graveyard.
(d) A town square.

11. Why does George decide to not go to college after all?
(a) He is afraid to leave his mother alone.
(b) He wants to pursue his baseball career.
(c) He does not get good enough grades.
(d) He and Emily realize they are meant to be together.

12. What do Emily and Mrs. Gibbs say about the living when George enters the cemetery?
(a) They are wonderful and warm.
(b) They are fighting a losing battle.
(c) They are foolish.
(d) They do not understand.

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

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

15. What is the first thing Emily realizes about her mother when she sees her in her new life?
(a) She is tired.
(b) She is so young.
(c) She is radiant.
(d) She seems sad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Webb say she wants to do before her daughter gets married, but does not think she will have the chance to do?

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

3. How old is Emily when she begins her new life?

4. What do Mrs. Gibbs's relatives say about her gravestone?

5. What does Emily say just before she gets married?

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