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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Maurrant do when Willie appears, crying?
(a) He yells at both his wife and son.
(b) He hugs his son.
(c) He spanks his son.
(d) He leaves to go after whoever had hurt his son.

2. What is Greta Fiorentino wearing?
(a) A bathing suit.
(b) A flowered housecoat.
(c) A fur coat.
(d) A summer dress.

3. Where would Mrs. Maurrant like to go that evening, but her daughter has not come home yet?
(a) To a Broadway show.
(b) To the movies.
(c) Out to dinner.
(d) To the concert in the park .

4. What is the audience able to see of this building?
(a) The front of this old Victorian home, lined with bushes and flowerbeds.
(b) The first five floors of the highrise aparment, a sign for valet parking, and a large awning over the entrance.
(c) A typical looking suburban home with toys lying around in the front yard.
(d) The first floor windows and the bottom of the second story. To the left there is a partial view of the attached building, a storage warehouse under heavy construction. The house to the right is being demolished.

5. What is Rose doing as her father gets back from the bar?
(a) Looking out the window.
(b) Sitting on the stoop crying.
(c) Walking into the apartment.
(d) Searching through her purse for her keys.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the women do, after Mr. Sankey's arrival?

3. How does Mr. Buchanan seem?

4. Who does Alice Simpson represent?

5. What does Mrs. Jones not understand about the Kaplans?

(see the answer key)

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