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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the substance that Beatrice keeps in a small bottle in a chest of drawers?
(a) Lighter fluid.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Chloroform.
(d) Ethanol.

2. What is the purpose of the phone call that Beatrice initiates in Act 1?
(a) To order marigold seeds.
(b) To discuss Nanny's health with a physician.
(c) To enroll in a real estate course.
(d) To express her concern about the marigold seeds her daughter Tillie brought home from school.

3. What is the subject of Tillie's speeches in Act 1?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Animals.
(c) Atoms.
(d) Pop music.

4. What is the "beautiful word" that Tillie speaks of in her opening monologue?
(a) Cobalt.
(b) Rabbit.
(c) Atom.
(d) Marigold.

5. Why is Beatrice annoyed with the person to whom she places a telephone call in Act 1?
(a) The person tells her that the real estate course is no longer offered.
(b) The person complains about the smell of manure coming from the barn.
(c) The person asks her whether she knows what a mutation is.
(d) The person demands that Nanny be taken to the hospital immediately.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Ruth upset with Beatrice at the end of Act 1?

2. Tillie's classmates laugh at her at which of the following school events?

3. Which of the following statements does Beatrice make about her father?

4. Who says that Tillie and Ruth are misfits?

5. Ruth has one of the following problems:

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