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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Claire try to explain to the men over breakfast?
(a) Why she is unhappy in her marriage.
(b) The joy of letting things grow without restriction.
(c) Why she doesn't spend more time with her daughter.
(d) Why there is no heat in the house.

2. Harry and the first house guest have a discussion about what?
(a) Salt.
(b) Pepper.
(c) "The Edge Vine."
(d) The blizzard.

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

4. Why is there no heat in the house, even though the greenhouse is warm?
(a) Claire ordered the heat from the house to be diverted to the greenhouse.
(b) The furnace is broken.
(c) The greenhouse retains heat better than the house does.
(d) Harry ordered the heat from the house to be diverted to the greenhouse.

5. Who is the only character onstage when the curtain opens for the second time in Act 1?
(a) Hattie.
(b) Harry.
(c) Claire.
(d) Anthony.

6. Claire tries to strike Elizabeth with what?
(a) A trowel.
(b) A salt shaker.
(c) "The Edge Vine."
(d) A flowerpot.

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

8. In the second part of Act 1, who enters after Harry exits?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Claire.
(c) Dick.
(d) Hattie.

9. What is the second sound the audience hears in Act 1?
(a) A buzzer.
(b) Wind.
(c) A conversation.
(d) Laughter.

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

11. Who tries to get Claire to come to the phone upon Elizabeth's arrival?
(a) Tom.
(b) Dick.
(c) Harry.
(d) Anthony.

12. Who is the second house guest to arrive at the greenhouse?
(a) Dick.
(b) Harry.
(c) Tom.
(d) Anthony.

13. What does the interior of the greenhouse symbolize?
(a) Harry and Claire's relationship.
(b) The interior of Claire's heart.
(c) Tom and Claire's relationship.
(d) The interior of the house.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the best description of Anthony?

2. Why is the first house guest uncomfortable?

3. Which plant is not thriving?

4. Why can't the second house guest enter the greenhouse?

5. What do the random growth patterns of the plants represent?

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