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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what do Emma, Greta, and Olga speak?
(a) Their wild children.
(b) The lack of work.
(c) The extreme heat.
(d) Their poverty.

2. Why does Mr. Buchanan rush out of the building?
(a) He is chasing after his wife.
(b) The building is on fire.
(c) His wife is in labor.
(d) He forgot to buy groceries.

3. What do the women wonder about Sam Kaplan?
(a) If he is available.
(b) What is wrong with the young man.
(c) Why he seems to like Rose.
(d) Why he is not married.

4. What are Mae Jones and Dick McGann doing as Rose passes them?
(a) Sitting on the curb.
(b) Kissing on a bench.
(c) Dancing around, inebriated.
(d) Sitting on the stoop.

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) Searching through her purse for her keys.
(d) Walking into the apartment.

Short Answer Questions

1. When will Mrs. Hildebrand and her children be thrown out of their apartment?

2. Why does Willie ask his mother for a dime?

3. What do the women wonder about Mr. Maurrant?

4. What does Ms. Simpson do before leaving?

5. What is Greta Fiorentino wearing?

(see the answer key)

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