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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 does Emily say is keeping her from sleeping when her father comes home from work?
(a) Concern for a test the next day.
(b) The light from the moon and the smell of Mrs. Gibbs flowers.
(c) The sound of the distant trains.
(d) The worry she feels for Simon Stimwell.

2. What does the stage manager tell the audience they may do at the end of the first act?
(a) Eat.
(b) Applaud.
(c) Smoke.
(d) Leave.

3. What is so surprising to Rebecca about the mailman?
(a) He loves his job.
(b) He delivered a letter with an extensive address to her friend.
(c) He is handsome.
(d) He never fails to deliver the mail.

4. What is Emily doing when she asks her mother her very important question?
(a) Helping her with the beans.
(b) Hanging laundry.
(c) Sewing a quilt.
(d) Writing a letter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Gibbs chide George for when he first appears on stage?

2. Where does Mrs. Gibbs die?

3. What does Howie Newsome talk about in the street at the beginning of the second act?

4. What does George want to be when he grows up?

5. What did the stage manager call the first act?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the first actual character that the stage manager plays?

2. What title did the stage manager give Act 1?

3. What does Mrs. Gibbs make George for breakfast on the morning of his wedding day?

4. What does Dr. Gibbs say about locking the door to his house?

5. What frustrates Emily about her parents when she returns to her life?

6. Where does Mr. Webb say the people in his town get the most pleasure?

7. What does George tell his mother he is most afraid of just before he marries Emily?

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

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

10. What does the stage manager invite the audience members to do when the first act comes to a close?

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