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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mrs. Jones telling Mrs. Olsen?
(a) She feels sorry for the whole Maurrant family.
(b) They asked some pretty embarrassing, personal questions at the station.
(c) Rose is devastated.
(d) It was a gruesome scene at the hospital.

2. What does a middle-aged couple stop in front of the building and do?
(a) Read the newspaper.
(b) Gawk at the murder scene.
(c) Talk to the other tenants.
(d) Look at the "for rent" sign.

3. What does Rose do to Mr. Easter?
(a) She thanks him and firmly refuses his help.
(b) She decides to give in to his requests.
(c) She rudely tells him to leave her alone.
(d) She lets him help her.

4. How does Mr. Maurrant feel about his actions and punishment?
(a) He wants to go home.
(b) He is sorry for his actions and does not care if he gets the electric chair.
(c) He is not sorry and will take what punishment he is given.
(d) He lost his mind and should not be put to death.

5. About what are the nursemaids gossiping?
(a) Their employers.
(b) The heat.
(c) The noises they heard.
(d) The recent murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rose tell Shirley?

2. Why is Rose surprised when Shirley tells her that it will be several years before Sam is ready to care for a family?

3. What opinion does Mrs. Maurrant try to quietly assert?

4. Mr. Buchanan believes that what Mrs. Maurrant was doing was wrong. What does he believe about her husband's actions?

5. What does Mr. Maurrant tell Rose?

(see the answer key)

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