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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the stage manager say the dead are doing?
(a) Repenting.
(b) Waiting.
(c) Watching.
(d) Guiding.

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

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

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

8. What does George say he does not want to do just before he gets married?
(a) Go to school
(b) Get married.
(c) Make his love live in poverty.
(d) Grow old.

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

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

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

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

13. What does Mrs. Webb give Emily when she first begins her new life?
(a) A hug.
(b) A book.
(c) Some birthday presents.
(d) A picture.

14. Why does Emily think George is so conceited?
(a) He was just elected to a student council office.
(b) He is handsome.
(c) He is extremely good at baseball.
(d) He dates too many girls.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does George do when he enters the cemetery alone?

4. What office in the student council did Emily hold?

5. What is George's natural feeling about women?

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