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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Ruth's reaction to what she finds in her room in Act 2?
(a) She laughs.
(b) She jumps for joy and calls Chris Burns.
(c) She grabs Tillie and dances with her in the living room.
(d) She has a seizure.

2. This character states: "You're looking at the original half-life!"
(a) Nanny.
(b) Beatrice.
(c) Tillie.
(d) Ruth.

3. From what organization did Janice Vickery acquire her experimental specimen?
(a) The A.S.P.C.A.
(b) The local pound.
(c) The town nursing home.
(d) The local zoo.

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

5. Select the character who makes the following statement: "I can't help it what people call you."
(a) Mr. Goodman.
(b) Tillie.
(c) Beatrice.
(d) Ruth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ruth say she would not be caught dead wearing on stage?

2. Ruth is excited to meet this person at the science fair.

3. When someone says goodnight to Beatrice at the beginning of Act 2, what name does she call her?

4. What does Tillie conclude about mutations at the end of her presentation at the science fair?

5. At the beginning of Act 2, Ruth reveals that she overheard a conversation between two people. Who are these people?

(see the answer key)

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