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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character is shown sleeping in Act 2?
(a) Tillie.
(b) Beatrice.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Janice Vickery.

2. What does Tillie conclude about mutations at the end of her presentation at the science fair?
(a) Mutations will become less interesting.
(b) Mutations will become more perplexing.
(c) Some of the mutations will be good ones.
(d) Some of the mutations will be toxic.

3. In Act 2, Beatrice tries to contact the following persons in her first telephone call:
(a) The school principal and Janice Vickery.
(b) The school principal and Janice Vickery's mother.
(c) The school principal, Mr. Goodman, and Miss Hanley.
(d) Mr. Goodman and Nanny.

4. What happens to Ruth at the end of Act 2?
(a) She dies.
(b) She buries the cat.
(c) She settles down after a seizure.
(d) She goes on a date with Chris Burns.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of the phone call that Beatrice initiates in Act 1?

2. According to Ruth, which science fair competitor does Tillie need to worry about?

3. How did the science experiment make Tillie feel?

4. What is the substance that Beatrice keeps in a small bottle in a chest of drawers?

5. What is missing from Janice Vickery's experimental specimen?

(see the answer key)

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