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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Claire becomes frustrated with Elizabeth, what does Claire want to do?
(a) Destroy all plants in the greenhouse.
(b) Destroy "The Breath of Life."
(c) Destroy "The Edge of Death."
(d) Destroy "The Edge Vine."

2. Which is the best description of Claire and Elizabeth's reunion?
(a) They laugh together at a private joke.
(b) They stay on opposite sides of the room.
(c) They tend plants together.
(d) They embrace awkwardly.

3. When the curtain opens for a second time in Act 1, what is the scene?
(a) An unusual plant in a shaft of light.
(b) Outdoors in a blizzard, with a greenhouse visible.
(c) The interior of a greenhouse on a sunny, snowy morning.
(d) A room in a tower.

4. What happens after the first character onstage exits?
(a) The telephone rings.
(b) The greenhouse door opens.
(c) The unusual-looking plant dies.
(d) The curtain closes.

5. What does the second house guest bring from the house?
(a) Pepper.
(b) Salt.
(c) A gun.
(d) Eggs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Claire push off the table?

2. Which plant is not thriving?

3. Why is the first house guest uncomfortable?

4. What does Tom confide to Dick?

5. Which best describes the number of plants in the greenhouse?

(see the answer key)

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