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

2. What does Mrs. Gibbs chide her husband for when he comes home at the beginning of the play?
(a) Coming home late again.
(b) Not getting enough rest.
(c) Not picking up the milk she needed from the store.
(d) Drinking too much.

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

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

5. 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 sound of the distant trains.
(c) The light from the moon and the smell of Mrs. Gibbs flowers.
(d) The worry she feels for Simon Stimwell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Gibbs do when she first enters the stage in the second act?

2. What does Dr. Gibbs say they must do to help Simon Stimson?

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

4. What does Dr. Gibbs give George when he has finished talking to him after school?

5. What does the stage manager say that the third act will be about?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Mrs. Gibbs die, and what is she doing there?

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

3. What lie does George tell Mr. Morgan when he asks why Emily is crying?

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

5. What does a university professor tell the audience about?

6. What is Mrs. Gibbs main complaint about her son at the beginning of the play?

7. What does Emily tell her father is keeping her awake late at night?

8. Why does George run out of the church just before his wedding is to start?

9. How did Emily's brother die?

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

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