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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Kaplan discuss briefly?
(a) Mr. Buchanan's new baby.
(b) The economy.
(c) The murder.
(d) The weather.

2. Why does Shirley tell Rose to stay away from her brother?
(a) If Rose is not in love with Sam, she should leave him alone.
(b) Rose is not good enough for her brother.
(c) It is not good to get involved with someone so different from her.
(d) Her brother is too busy to be having a girlfriend.

3. What does Mrs. Maurrant tell her daughter she has always tried to do?
(a) Have hope.
(b) Be happy with what she is given.
(c) Give Mr. Maurrant everything he has wanted and be a good wife.
(d) Find a way to have her own freedom.

4. Why does Miss Cushing enter the scene excitedly?
(a) She has won the lottery.
(b) She cannot find her wallet.
(c) She has just seen Mrs. Maurrant and Mr. Sankey together.
(d) She has not heard from her children in two days.

5. What has Rose bought her mother?
(a) A wheelchair.
(b) A book to read in the hospital.
(c) A gift for when she recovers.
(d) A white dress and stockings to bury her in.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does this play begin?

2. What do Rose and Sam do, as the neighbors enter the building?

3. According to Shirley, what is made more difficult by the heat?

4. What do the neighbors do when Ms. Simpson argues with Mrs. Hildebrand?

5. What does Lippo tell Rose about the high temperature?

(see the answer key)

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