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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the reaction when Miss Cushing appears at the Maurrant's window and yells for an ambulance?
(a) No one pays attention to her.
(b) Everyone rushes to get an ambulance.
(c) Everyone stares at her in shock.
(d) Someone tells her to be quiet.

2. Why is Mrs. Maurrant tired?
(a) She has been helping Mrs. Buchanan nearly all night.
(b) She has had to deal with her moody husband.
(c) She has been at work all night.
(d) She did not sleep well.

3. When will Mrs. Hildebrand and her children be thrown out of their apartment?
(a) Tomorrow.
(b) In one month.
(c) In one week.
(d) Next week.

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

5. What does the policeman do when he arrives?
(a) Goes into the Maurrant's apartment.
(b) Calls for backup.
(c) He goes down into the cellar with two men from the crowd.
(d) Looks for the marshal and Fred.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Vincent Jones treat Rose?

3. Why does Mr. Buchanan rush out of the building?

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

5. What do Lippo and Mrs. Maurrant do as the group discusses music and their respective favorites?

(see the answer key)

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