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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mr. Webb's profession?
(a) Milkman.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Barber.
(d) Newspaper editor.

2. What does Mr. Gibbs say is something only done in big cities?
(a) Locking doors.
(b) Spreading gossip.
(c) Encouraging a college education.
(d) Working too long.

3. What does Mr. Webb tell his daughter to do when he gets home from work?
(a) Turn out her lights.
(b) Hug him.
(c) Eat supper with him.
(d) Show him her homework.

4. At the beginning of the play, what does Dr. Gibbs say he has been up all night doing?
(a) Helping a woman give birth to twins.
(b) Preparing a man for death.
(c) Attending to the wounds of two returned war veterans.
(d) Drinking at the local bar.

5. Where are Mrs. Webb and Mrs. Gibbs heading at the beginning of the third scene?
(a) The market.
(b) Choir practice.
(c) Home.
(d) The school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks questions of Mr. Webb when he has finished his introduction of the town?

2. Which of these does the stage manager NOT mention as having happened in the space between acts?

3. What does Dr. Gibbs talk to George about when he sees him after school?

4. What is the town having a discussion about after Emily and her mother stop talking?

5. What does Mrs. Gibbs try to do as she enters her house after talking to her husband in the yard?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mr. Web tell the audience about the town in this play?

2. How were Emily and George able to purchase their farm?

3. Who is the first character to speak in this play?

4. What does Mrs. Gibbs warn Emily not to do in the third act?

5. What lie does George tell Mr. Morgan when he asks why Emily is crying?

6. What do the people sitting in the chairs represent in the third act?

7. How does Mrs. Gibbs come across $350?

8. What does the stage manager say we do not know much about from ancient civilizations?

9. What does Mr. Webb do when he sees Simon Stimson on his way home from work?

10. What does the stage manager say the third and final act will focus on?

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