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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Beatrice receive a phone call from in Act 1?
(a) Mr. Goodman.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Nanny.
(d) Janice Vickery.

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

3. In the final scene at the end of Act 1, what does Tillie carry in from the front door?
(a) A report card.
(b) A hamster in a cage.
(c) A box of marigold plants.
(d) A carton of cigarettes.

4. Beatrice is busy doing which of the following activities when the final scene in Act 1 begins?
(a) Cooking dinner.
(b) Planting marigolds.
(c) Assisting Ruth with her homework.
(d) A little housecleaning.

5. Who talks about opening a tea shop?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Tillie.
(c) Nanny.
(d) Beatrice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first character introduced in the play?

2. What does Ruth say when Beatrice is halfway through telling the story of her recurring nightmare?

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

4. Which of the following animals appeared in a recurring nightmare that Beatrice used to have?

5. Tillie is engaged in the following activity while her mother reads the newspaper:

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Beatrice's opinion of the school that Tillie and Ruth attend?

2. What do Beatrice and Ruth argue about prior to the science fair?

3. List some of the advice Beatrice gives Tillie before the science fair.

4. What is Beatrice's state when Tillie and Ruth return home from the science fair? How does she react to the news that Tillie has won?

5. How would you characterize Janice Vickery's presentation at the science fair? What does this scene do for the mood of the play?

6. Describe Beatrice's demeanor toward Tillie at the end of the final scene in Act 1.

7. Describe the setting of the play in Act 1.

8. Describe the relationship between Ruth and Beatrice.

9. What happens to Ruth after she learns of the rabbit's death?

10. What is the explanation that Ruth gives Mr. Goodman for her sister's absence from school?

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