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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is there evidence of in Act 1, Scene 1, from the night before?
(a) An accident.
(b) A party.
(c) A poker game.
(d) A fight.

2. What does Nettie admit to Timmy as they talk in the first scene of Act 2?
(a) That she will never understand her husband.
(b) That she will never understand her son.
(c) That she will never forgive her son.
(d) That she will never forgive her husband.

3. What does John contend about Timmy to Nettie?
(a) He has never been a boy.
(b) He is no longer a boy.
(c) He is still a boy.
(d) He will always be a boy.

4. What prevented John from joining the war?
(a) He was the head of household.
(b) He did not pass the training.
(c) He did not want to go.
(d) He was injured.

5. What is the reason Nettie visits her mother?
(a) Because of her cousin.
(b) Because of her brother.
(c) Because she wants to get away from John.
(d) Because she is lonely.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nettie get an aspirin for?

2. How long ago did Nettie's father pass away?

3. What does Timmy tell his mother he has given up enough of?

4. What does John have scheduled on the day the play opens?

5. When does John tell Timmy they will buy new clothes?

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