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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Emily worry about as she drinks her soda with George?
(a) She likes George.
(b) It was too expensive.
(c) She doesn't know what to say.
(d) She is late getting home.

4. How did Emily die?
(a) Car accident.
(b) Child birth.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Disease.

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

6. What does the stage manager say during a pause in the wedding?
(a) Love is a beautiful thing.
(b) Emily was wise to fear this wedding.
(c) One of these young people will die soon.
(d) The patterns of life repeat themselves.

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

8. 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 at the elections.
(c) They are dating.
(d) She was scared of a runaway horse.

9. What is the last thing the stage manager says in Act 2?
(a) This is the end of the act.
(b) And they lived happily ever after.
(c) I now pronounce you man and wife.
(d) Congratulations.

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

11. What office in the student council did George hold?
(a) Secretary.
(b) Treasurer.
(c) Vice President.
(d) President.

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

13. 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) Let loose of her mundane duties for a time.
(c) Come with her.
(d) Keep her safe.

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

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. Who does Mrs. Webb say cried earlier in the day at the wedding?

2. How much time passed between the second and third acts?

3. What does the stage manager tell Emily and George to show the audience at the beginning of the fifth scene?

4. What is removed from the stage during George and Emily's wedding?

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

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