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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Karen and Martha decide about Mary?
(a) To get her to a psychiatrist.
(b) To expel her from school.
(c) To get her a French tutor.
(d) To separate her from her cohorts.

2. To what can Mary's malicious destruction be compared?
(a) Acid eating away at something.
(b) A fire that reduces everything to embers.
(c) A tornado flattening the landscape.
(d) A flood sweeping everything away.

3. How does Mrs. Tilford react to Mary's visit?
(a) Warily.
(b) Angrily.
(c) Joyously.
(d) Happily.

4. Karen tells Martha that her ________________________.
(a) the end of year picnic is all planned.
(b) the furnace is going out.
(c) car is making funny noises.
(d) commitment to the school will not change.

5. Why does Agatha question Mary?
(a) Her shoes are muddy.
(b) Her arrival is unexpected.
(c) She doesn't have any luggage.
(d) Her clothes are all wet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Munn?

2. What have the girls heard coming from the bedroom door?

3. What kind of charges is Mary making against the headmistresses?

4. At the time this play was written, what was not condoned as proper among those teaching children?

5. What does Mary symbolize in the play?

(see the answer key)

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