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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mr. Easter make Rose uncomfortable?
(a) He pressures her into letting him upstairs and forces a kiss.
(b) He berates her for her behavior at work earlier that day.
(c) He asks to see her mother.
(d) He tells her he loves her.

2. How does Shirley hurt Rose's feelings?
(a) Sam only likes her because there is no one else.
(b) Shirley tells Rose she is not smart enough for Sam.
(c) Shirley tells her that Sam only sees a pretty face in Rose.
(d) Sam will soon forget her.

3. Who watches Rose and Mr. Easter as they walk to the funeral?
(a) Mr. Maurrant.
(b) Sam and Mrs. Maurrant.
(c) Mr. Jones.
(d) Mr. Kaplan.

4. What does Mrs. Jones not understand about the Kaplans?
(a) How they can read the newspaper in Hebrew.
(b) Why they do not go to a church.
(c) Why they are Jewish.
(d) How they can sit and read all day long.

5. How do the ladies brush off Mr. Maurrant' mood?
(a) That is just the way he is.
(b) Mrs. Maurrant does not do her job.
(c) All men just want to get their way.
(d) He has a stressful job.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where would Mrs. Maurrant like to go that evening, but her daughter has not come home yet?

2. What was done with Sam's mother's body?

3. What does Kaplan believe will no longer be necessary once there is no more personal property?

4. What does Sam suggest that Rose and he both do?

5. Why does Shirley Kaplan ask her father to turn his reading lamp off?

(see the answer key)

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