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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 Mrs. Webb chide Emily for when she first appears on stage?
(a) Being too slow to get up.
(b) Studying while she eats.
(c) Staying up too late at night.
(d) Teasing her younger siblings.

2. What does Mrs. Gibbs worry will happen to George?
(a) He will not have enough money.
(b) He won't be cared for.
(c) He will not keep in touch with her.
(d) He will forget her.

3. Where is Mrs.Gibbs while Mr Gibbs is talking to George after school?
(a) The garden.
(b) The market.
(c) Choir practice.
(d) On a walk.

4. What does Dr. Gibb rebuke Mrs. Gibbs for when she returns at the beginning of the third scene?
(a) Gossiping.
(b) Being late.
(c) Eating too much.
(d) Spending too much money.

5. What does the stage manager call the second act?
(a) Life and Death.
(b) Daily Life.
(c) Love and Marriage.
(d) Enduring Happiness.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many other people are talking to Howie at the beginning of the second act?

2. What personal detail about Simon Stimson do we learn from the stage manager?

3. What time of day does this play begin?

4. What does Emily ask Mrs. Webb when she sees her mother after talking with Mr. Webb?

5. At the beginning of the play, what does Mrs. Gibbs do when she first comes out of her house?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What question does Emily ask her mother as they tend to the beans together?

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

9. Where were Mrs. Gibbs and Mrs. Webb before the third scene began?

10. What did the stage manager call Act 2?

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