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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Nettie react to the flowers when she first sees them?
(a) She jumps up and down.
(b) She cries.
(c) She laughs.
(d) She smiles.

2. What does Timmy offer to do after Nettie throws the roses?
(a) He offers to apologize to the neighbors.
(b) He offers to remember not to buy her roses again.
(c) He offers to clean them up.
(d) He offers to buy her more.

3. Where do Nettie, John, and Timmy decide to go to in the second scene of Act 1?
(a) Another state.
(b) The train station.
(c) The city.
(d) The country.

4. What does Timmy do when Nettie grabs his hand?
(a) Begins crying.
(b) Pulls it away.
(c) Grabs her hand as well.
(d) Begins laughing.

5. How does Timmy make decisions, according to John?
(a) He makes his own.
(b) He follows John's lead.
(c) He listens to his friends.
(d) He follows Nettie's lead.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Timmy do when he returns at the end of the third scene?

2. What are Timmy and John doing as Nettie enters the apartment in the second scene of Act 1?

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

4. What does John pretend he is doing as he hears someone coming in the beginning of the play?

5. What kind of a time are the three main characters of the play having towards the end of Act 1, Scene 2?

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