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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which best describes the number of plants in the greenhouse?
(a) There are two plants.
(b) There are two living plants and one dead plant.
(c) Plants are placed on every available shelf and nook.
(d) There are three plants.

2. What does the first character do after coming onstage?
(a) Press a buzzer.
(b) Prepare breakfast.
(c) Lock the greenhouse door.
(d) Answer a telephone.

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

4. Who worries that the cold weather will have adverse effects on the plants?
(a) Harry.
(b) Anthony and Harry.
(c) Anthony.
(d) Hattie.

5. Where does Tom intend to go?
(a) Iceland.
(b) India.
(c) Israel.
(d) Indonesia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first sound the audience hears in Act 1?

2. Harry and the first house guest have a discussion about what?

3. Who tries to get Claire to come to the phone upon Elizabeth's arrival?

4. Who rescues Elizabeth from being struck?

5. Why is there no heat in the house, even though the greenhouse is warm?

(see the answer key)

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