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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. What is Nettie's secondary response to the roses?
(a) She is excited.
(b) She is overwhelmed.
(c) She is depressed.
(d) She is a little sad.

2. What does John pretend he is doing as he hears someone coming in the beginning of the play?
(a) Reading the newspaper.
(b) Making lunch.
(c) Cleaning the table off.
(d) Making breakfast.

3. What New York City do the Clearys live in?
(a) Queens.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) New York.
(d) West Bronx.

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

5. What room is John Cleary standing in as the play begins?
(a) The living room.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The bedroom.
(d) The dining room.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Timmy's army jacket, as John admires it?

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

3. How is Nettie responding to Timmy and John's behavior in the beginning of Act 1, Scene 3?

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

5. What are Nettie and Timmy doing after they dance?

(see the answer key)

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