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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the reader or audience member know that this room serves more than one purpose?
(a) There are beds and multiple dresser drawers, showing it is a bedroom as well.
(b) With its eclectic elements, including live snakes, a xylophone, and a printing press.
(c) There is a counter and a cash register.
(d) Books and bookshelves line the walls of the room.

2. What has Grandpa never done?
(a) Paid any income taxes.
(b) Paid parking tickets.
(c) Worked.
(d) Participated in jury duty.

3. Who is the most aimless of the household and periodically plays notes on the xylophone so that Essie can dance?
(a) Ed Carmichael.
(b) Grandpa.
(c) Alice Sycamore.
(d) Essie Carmichael.

4. From where does the patriarch of this zany family come home?
(a) Attending a commencement ceremony.
(b) Selling candy.
(c) The basement making fireworks.
(d) Work at a bank.

5. Why is Essie Carmichael making candy?
(a) It is one of her many hobbies.
(b) Her husband, Ed, has taken orders for the sweets that need to be filled today.
(c) Her mother sells candy from the home.
(d) She loves candy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has come for dinner with the Sycamore family?

2. Why does Rheba enter the room?

3. What is the purpose of the cluttered and chaotic living room of Grandpa Vanderhof?

4. How is Alice compared to the rest of her family?

5. What scares Mr. Henderson out of the apartment without another word?

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