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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which is the best description of Anthony?
(a) A house guest.
(b) A middle-aged man.
(c) Husband of Claire.
(d) A young man.

2. What does the blizzard symbolize?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Death.
(c) Ideas and creativity.
(d) Outside forces.

3. What is the relationship between Harry and Claire?
(a) Gardener and employer.
(b) Husband and wife.
(c) Employer and maid.
(d) Brother and sister.

4. Who brings Elizabeth to the greenhouse?
(a) Dick.
(b) Anthony.
(c) Harry.
(d) Tom.

5. 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.

6. Who is the first house guest to arrive at the greenhouse?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Tom.
(c) Hattie.
(d) Dick.

7. How does Anthony try to distract Claire from worrying about the plant that is not thriving?
(a) Reminding her that they can save the plant.
(b) Reminding her what "The Edge Vine" is about to do.
(c) Reminding her what "The Breath of Life" is about to do.
(d) Reminding her that the salt is missing.

8. Why is the first house guest uncomfortable?
(a) Worries about the state of the household due to the missing salt.
(b) Worries about the state of the household due to the missing pepper.
(c) Worries about the state of the greenhouse due to the blizzard.
(d) Worries about the state of the greenhouse due to the dying plant.

9. Which plant is not thriving?
(a) "The Life Vine."
(b) "The Edge Vine."
(c) "The Breath of Death."
(d) "The Breath of Life."

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

11. What is the first thing the audience sees in Act 1?
(a) An unusual-looking plant.
(b) A blizzard.
(c) A telephone.
(d) A greenhouse.

12. Who rescues Elizabeth from being struck?
(a) Tom.
(b) Anthony.
(c) Harry.
(d) Dick.

13. Why is Claire astonished when she enters the greenhouse during the second part of Act 1?
(a) Because Harry invited more people to intrude upon the greenhouse.
(b) Because a plant is dying.
(c) Because the greenhouse is too hot.
(d) Because the special plant is in plain sight.

14. What is Elizabeth's philosophy regarding new plant varieties?
(a) New plants are always exciting.
(b) Anything new should be better.
(c) She likes only roses.
(d) Plants should never be hybridized.

15. What does the second house guest do when he sees that no one can help him enter the greenhouse?
(a) Pretends to shoot out the greenhouse door.
(b) Drops the shaker.
(c) Drops the breakfast supplies.
(d) Pretends to shoot himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Claire ask Tom to do?

2. In the second part of Act 1, who enters after Harry exits?

3. What does Harry help Hattie to do when he returns during the second part of Act 1?

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

5. Who are Tom and Dick?

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