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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the second house guest bring from the house?
(a) Salt.
(b) Eggs.
(c) Pepper.
(d) A gun.

4. What does Harry help Hattie to do when he returns during the second part of Act 1?
(a) Greet the houseguests.
(b) Lock the greenhouse door.
(c) Tend to the plants.
(d) Prepare breakfast.

5. What does Harry confide to the two house guests after Claire exits?
(a) He believes Claire is having an affair.
(b) He hopes to get advice from them regarding Claire.
(c) He no longer loves Claire.
(d) He does not want Claire to spend time with her daughter.

6. Which is the best description of Hattie?
(a) A house guest.
(b) A maid.
(c) Wife of Harry.
(d) A gardener.

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

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

9. Who is the first character to come onstage in Act 1?
(a) Claire.
(b) Anthony.
(c) Harry.
(d) Hattie.

10. What do the random growth patterns of the plants represent?
(a) Outside forces.
(b) Death.
(c) Ideas and creativity.
(d) Chaos.

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

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

13. 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 breakfast supplies.
(c) Drops the shaker.
(d) Pretends to shoot himself.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why didn't Anthony answer the buzz from Harry?

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

4. Which is the best description of Claire and Elizabeth's reunion?

5. What does Claire require the second house guest to do before she will let him enter the greenhouse?

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