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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is moving into America at the beginning of the play?
(a) A desert.
(b) A lot of sand.
(c) A wall of ice.
(d) A tidal wave.

2. Mr. Antrobus, when he is elected president of the international society of mammals, gives a speech celebrating the extinction of what?
(a) The dog.
(b) The mammoth.
(c) The whale.
(d) The dinosaur.

3. Why does Sabina ask the audience to pass things up for the fire?
(a) To save herself.
(b) To save the Antrobus'.
(c) To save the human race.
(d) To save the children.

4. How many people speak during a monologue?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

5. From what building does the sound of bingo numbers being called emerge?
(a) A church building.
(b) A casino.
(c) A bingo hall.
(d) A sports bar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Gladys give for wearing makeup?

2. Who asked the refugees to come to the Antrobus' house?

3. What kinds of fortunes does the Fortune Teller shout, apparently at random?

4. When Sabina and Mrs. Antrobus argue at the beginning of the play, what sticks its head through the window and complains about the cold?

5. Mrs. Antrobus asks Sabina if she milked what?

(see the answer key)

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