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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. 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) Attending to the wounds of two returned war veterans.
(c) Preparing a man for death.
(d) Drinking at the local bar.

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

3. How much time passed between the first act and the second act?
(a) Three months.
(b) Three days.
(c) Three years.
(d) Three hours.

4. Why does Dr. Gibbs never leave his town?
(a) He hates to travel.
(b) He does not want to leave the town without a doctor.
(c) He worries about leaving his children.
(d) He has moral obligations to stay where he is.

5. What does the stage manager plan to put into the time capsule?
(a) A picture of the townspeople.
(b) A drop of his blood.
(c) This play.
(d) Emily's journal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Webb talk to George about when Mrs. Webb runs out of her kitchen?

2. What does George plan to do when he leaves his mother's house?

3. What triggers the appearance of the Webb family at the beginning of the book?

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

5. What does Mrs. Webb do when she first enters the stage in the second act?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Mrs. Gibbs want to do with her newly found $350?

4. What is George's greatest talent?

5. How did Stan Stimson die?

6. What is Mrs. Webb getting ready for at the beginning of Act 2?

7. How does the stage manager describe weddings in Grover's Corner?

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

9. Why does Dr. Gibbs give George a handkerchief after reprimanding him for not doing his chores?

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

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