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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of animal is kept in the wire cage in the front left room?
(a) A gerbil.
(b) A snake.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A ferret.

2. What does Beatrice do in the first act to distract Ruth and avoid being upset?
(a) Beatrice tells Ruth the story of when she stole a wagon from her father.
(b) Beatrice tells Ruth the story of when her father taught her how to drive a car.
(c) Beatrice tells the story of when she and Nanny stole a rabbit from a pet shop.
(d) Beatrice tells Ruth the story of when she planted her first marigold garden.

3. Tillie recites the half-life of which of the following substances?
(a) Radium-226.
(b) Ethanol.
(c) Methanol.
(d) Radon-222.

4. How does Beatrice describe her daughter, Tillie?
(a) She is a mean girl.
(b) She is not a pretty girl.
(c) She is a pretty girl.
(d) She is a sweet girl.

5. What questionable activity does Beatrice allow Ruth to do?
(a) Set off firecrackers.
(b) Smoke cigarettes.
(c) Ride a horse backwards.
(d) Boat without a life jacket.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mr. Mayo?

2. Ruth has one of the following problems:

3. What is the subject of Tillie's speeches in Act 1?

4. Beatrice states that she wishes she had completed her education in which of the following fields?

5. According to Beatrice, the " manure machine" is what kind of animal?

(see the answer key)

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