1. What does Catherine say to Hal that causes him to leave abruptly, and without the notebook?
(a) She says that she loves him and always has, and wants to marry him as soon as possible.
(b) She says that he killed Robert and she can prove it.
(c) She says that she does not approve of his relationship with Claire.
(d) She says that he barely finished his Ph.D., does research that does not matter, and played in an awful band.

2. What is Claire doing with the house?
(a) She is fixing it up for Catherine.
(b) She and her fiance are moving into it.
(c) She is burning it down.
(d) She is selling it to the University.

3. What does Claire make Catherine for breakfast?
(a) Cereal.
(b) Bagels, fruit, and coffee.
(c) Nothing; as far as she is concerned, Catherine can make her own breakfast.
(d) Bacon and eggs.

4. What were the police told when they responded to Catherine's 9-1-1 call?
(a) There was a robbery.
(b) There was shoot out.
(c) There was a murder.
(d) There was a fire.

5. Has Hal found anything coherent in the notebooks as of Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) No, the only lucid notebook is the one he tried to give to Catherine on her birthday.
(b) Yes, he has already made off with ten notebooks and is planning to write a book.
(c) Yes, he has found something profound in almost every notebook.
(d) No, but he is not really reading the notebooks anyway--he just wants to go to band practice.