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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) Newspaper editor.
(b) Milkman.
(c) Barber.
(d) Teacher.

2. What does Mrs. Gibbs do when she first enters the stage in the second act?
(a) Feeds her chickens.
(b) Makes breakfast.
(c) Tends her garden.
(d) Kisses her husband.

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

4. Where is George running to when we first see him in the second act?
(a) School.
(b) The farm.
(c) The baseball diamond.
(d) Emily's house.

5. When did Mrs. Gibbs first meet her husband?
(a) At their wedding.
(b) At school.
(c) At the doctor's office.
(d) In a diner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps George with his homework?

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

3. What is happening to George to prevent him from playing baseball?

4. What interrupts Emily as she is doing her homework during the second scene?

5. What does Mr. Webb notice about the person he sees on the way home from work on the first day?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does George do when he visits Emily's grave?

2. How does Mrs. Soames feel about weddings?

3. What day in her life does Emily decide to go back to?

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

5. What did the stage manager call Act 2?

6. Why does George choose to not go to college?

7. Why does Mrs. Webb not allow George to see Emily on the morning of their wedding?

8. How do Mrs. Gibbs and Mrs. Webb know each other?

9. What marriage advice does Mr. Webb give George on the morning of his wedding?

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

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