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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the women wonder about Mr. Maurrant?
(a) If he enjoys his job.
(b) If he is suspicious of his wife's relationship with the milkman.
(c) Why he is so grumpy all the time.
(d) If he really loves his wife and children.

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

3. What does Sam do at Rose's request?
(a) He recites a poem.
(b) He kisses her.
(c) He goes to his apartment.
(d) He sings to her.

4. How does Mr. Sankey look?
(a) Nervous and shy.
(b) Dirty and ragged.
(c) Cheap, dressed in a low quality suit.
(d) Wealthy and expensively dressed.

5. What has the country's heat wave caused?
(a) Milk all around the country to spoil.
(b) Power outages all around the city.
(c) Sales in ice to rise drastically.
(d) The deaths of six people in Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mr. Maurrant look when he arrives home?

2. What is the audience able to see of this building?

3. Why do the neighbors get into a discussion about labor unions, the working class, and America's prosperity?

4. What does Rose's father ask about Mr. Easter?

5. What does Mr. Maurrant tell the group he is going to do to his kids?

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