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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Nettie carrying as she enters the room in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Pictures.
(b) A box.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Groceries.

2. How does John leave the room in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) He runs out quickly.
(b) He says goodbye and walks out normally.
(c) He leaves quietly, ignoring everyone.
(d) He slams the door.

3. What has Timmy seen during the war, according to John?
(a) Tremendous things.
(b) Unbelievable things.
(c) Horrible things.
(d) Unspeakable things.

4. What is Nettie doing as Act 1, Scene 3 ends?
(a) Looking at the roses.
(b) Yelling.
(c) Crying.
(d) Picking up the roses.

5. What does Nettie criticize constantly, according to Timmy?
(a) John's job.
(b) The apartment.
(c) John's friends.
(d) The lake house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Timmy think of his father's intelligence?

2. What room is John Cleary standing in as the play begins?

3. Where did Nettie meet John?

4. What does Nettie admit to Timmy as they talk in the first scene of Act 2?

5. What does Nettie inform John that she and Timmy argued about?

(see the answer key)

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