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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 the nursemaids want to do?
(a) Come up and look around.
(b) Sit with the other women on the stoop.
(c) Buy ice cream cones.
(d) Go swimming.

2. What does Rose do to Mr. Easter?
(a) She rudely tells him to leave her alone.
(b) She lets him help her.
(c) She decides to give in to his requests.
(d) She thanks him and firmly refuses his help.

3. What is Sam doing when he and Rose are left alone?
(a) He sits on the stoop sobbing and calls himself a coward.
(b) He is sitting silently on the curb.
(c) He is pacing the sidewalk.
(d) He is hugging Rose.

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

5. Why is Mr. Buchanan fetching the doctor?
(a) The baby is not well.
(b) His wife has had a relapse caused by the grief of losing Mrs. Maurrant, whom she considered a friend.
(c) Mr. Buchanan is not feeling well.
(d) His wife is not feeling well after her delivery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Shirley Kaplan ask her father to turn his reading lamp off?

2. What does Mr. Kaplan say about all the young people?

3. What is Miss Kaplan's response to Rose's request?

4. What happens between Vincent and Sam?

5. How does Rose react when she hears her father has not been caught?

(see the answer key)

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