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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What do the row of chairs on stage indicate in the first scene in Act 3?
(a) Money.
(b) A class system.
(c) People.
(d) Graves.

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

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

7. What does Emily say just before she gets married?
(a) She loves George.
(b) She would rather things remain the way they are.
(c) She refuses to live far from her father.
(d) She hates George and wishes she were dead.

8. What does Dr. Gibbs put on Emily's grave?
(a) A bottle of wine.
(b) Her wedding dress.
(c) Flowers.
(d) A picture.

9. What does Mr. Web say when he first comes home from work in the third act?
(a) He is tired.
(b) He feels that his life is being lived for him.
(c) He misses Emily.
(d) It is Emily's birthday.

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

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

12. What does the stage manager tell Emily and George to show the audience at the beginning of the fifth scene?
(a) The moment they fell in love.
(b) Their first date.
(c) Their first kiss.
(d) The moment they told their parents they were in love.

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

14. 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?
(a) Kiss her daughter.
(b) Speak to George.
(c) Thank all the guests.
(d) Talk to her daughter.

15. What does the stage manager say we all know at the beginning of Act 3?
(a) That life is worth living.
(b) That something is eternal.
(c) That everyone dies.
(d) That life is short.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two terms do the dead use to describe life?

2. Who sits by Mrs. Webb at the wedding?

3. What does George say he does not want to do just before he gets married?

4. How did Wally die?

5. What does George ask Emily to do while he is at college?

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