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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. How many other people are talking to Howie at the beginning of the second act?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

2. What personal detail about Simon Stimson do we learn from the stage manager?
(a) He will die in a few days.
(b) He is having an affair.
(c) He has a drinking problem.
(d) He is an atheist.

3. What interrupts Emily as she is doing her homework during the second scene?
(a) A car horn honking.
(b) The church choir.
(c) A train whistle.
(d) The school bell.

4. What does Rebecca talk about before she goes to bed?
(a) Her schoolmates.
(b) A letter her friend received.
(c) The beauty of the moon.
(d) Her new dress.

5. What is Joe's occupation?
(a) Paperboy.
(b) Grocer.
(c) Student.
(d) Milkman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does George talk about after his parents go to bed?

2. Why does Mrs. Webb panic when she sees George?

3. Why is Mrs. Gibbs so worried about her husband?

4. At the beginning of the play, what exciting news does Mrs. Gibbs have to tell Mrs. Webb when they meet in their yards?

5. How much time passed between the first act and the second act?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do Mrs. Webb and Mrs. Gibbs talk about as they walk home together in the third scene?

3. What does the stage manager want to put in the time capsule for the town?

4. What does Emily demand of George just before they are married?

5. What does Rebecca tell George her friend received in the mail?

6. What is George's opinion of women?

7. How does Mrs. Soames feel about weddings?

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

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

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

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