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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Claire push off the table?
(a) Salt.
(b) A plant.
(c) Pepper.
(d) An egg.

2. What is the one item that stands out in the greenhouse?
(a) A huge plant, clinging to the back wall.
(b) A dead plant.
(c) A gun.
(d) A broken window.

3. What does Claire require the second house guest to do before she will let him enter the greenhouse?
(a) Retrieve salt from the house.
(b) Kiss her.
(c) Retrieve pepper from the house.
(d) Put away his gun.

4. What is the special plant in the greenhouse called?
(a) "The Breath Vine."
(b) "The Breath of Life."
(c) "The Edge Vine."
(d) "The Edge of Death"

5. What is the special plant about to do?
(a) Go to seed.
(b) Be transplanted.
(c) Flower.
(d) Die.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character joins the first character after the curtain opens for the second time in Act 1?

2. What is Elizabeth's philosophy regarding new plant varieties?

3. What does Harry confide to the two house guests after Claire exits?

4. What does Claire want Elizabeth to do regarding the plants?

5. What does the interior of the greenhouse symbolize?

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