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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Claire try to explain to the first house guest?
(a) Why the pepper is missing.
(b) The significance of the greenhouse plants.
(c) Why the salt is missing.
(d) The effects of the blizzard on the greenhouse.

5. 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.

6. What does Claire want Elizabeth to do regarding the plants?
(a) Not get involved.
(b) Tend only the special plant.
(c) Tend all of the plants.
(d) Wait until tomorrow to see what will happen.

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. Why didn't Anthony answer the buzz from Harry?
(a) Anthony didn't hear the buzzer.
(b) Hattie answered the buzz.
(c) Harry didn't buzz Anthony.
(d) Claire had instructed Anthony to answer no buzz but hers.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Tom and Dick?

2. What is the special plant in the greenhouse called?

3. Why does Claire caution Tom to be careful?

4. Where does Tom intend to go?

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

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