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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Vincent Jones treat Rose?
(a) He hugs her.
(b) He greets Rose and begins to harass her, moving his hands over her body.
(c) He ignores her.
(d) He greets Rose and gives her a kiss on the cheek.

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

3. What happens when Mr. Sankey arrives?
(a) They ask where he is going.
(b) Everyone stops what they are doing.
(c) They continue as if he is not there.
(d) Everyone encourages him to join in.

4. What do Lippo and Mrs. Maurrant do as the group discusses music and their respective favorites?
(a) Turn on the record player.
(b) Play the violin.
(c) Sing a song.
(d) Dance in the sidewalk.

5. Why does Rose tell Mr. Easter that he must leave?
(a) Her father will be upset to see them together.
(b) Or the whole building will be gossiping about her.
(c) She does not like him.
(d) It is getting late.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who leads the rants about the current demise of society, the higher divorce rate, premarital sex, smoking, birth control, and hippies?

2. What does Mrs. Jones tell the group about marriage?

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

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

5. What has the country's heat wave caused?

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