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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the relationship of the main characters in Scene 3?
(a) Brother and sister.
(b) Waiter and customer.
(c) Father and son.
(d) Employer and employee.

2. What is the state of health of Florence's mother?
(a) She is a hypochondriac.
(b) She is sick in bed.
(c) She is a healthy busybody.
(d) Fair.

3. How does Fatt respond to Agate's speech?
(a) He is angry and orders him to sit down.
(b) He smokes his cigar and ignores him.
(c) He is interested and listens attentively.
(d) He is nonchalant and distracted..

4. How does Agate insult some of the male workers?
(a) Uses language they don't understand.
(b) Says that their wives tell them what to do.
(c) Calls them ladies in pants.
(d) Calls them cowards.

5. Why doesn't Edna want Joe to wake the children?
(a) Because the children will realize they haven't eaten supper.
(b) They might disturb the game on the radio.
(c) They want some private time to themselves.
(d) They are going out for the evening.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Edna say Joe's boss is giving the kids?

2. In Scene 2, what does Joe find when he arrives home from work at the end of the day?

3. How does Fatt try to quiet the Voice?

4. What figure of speech does Agate use when he says the button "blushed itself to death?"

5. What is Joe's plan before going to the workers meeting?

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