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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why has the person called?
(a) No one is on the phone.
(b) To tell Norman that he was in the hospital.
(c) Because Norman called that person.
(d) To say that she would be there by dinner.

2. What did Norman think about Chelsea's swimming abilities.?
(a) He was happy that she was a superb diver.
(b) He thought she shouldn't be on the swim team.
(c) He thought she was Olympic material.
(d) He criticized her abilities when she was on the swim team.

3. What does Ethel find intriguing about Miss Appley and Miss Tate?
(a) That they are identical twins and still are impossible to tell apart.
(b) That they have been together for so many years and must have had a great love affair.
(c) That they have lived into their 90s.
(d) That they had both been asked for marriage by the same man and each in turn had said no.

4. Why do Chelsea and her boyfriend leave young Billy with Norman and Ethel Thayer?
(a) They are going to Europe.
(b) He needs to be taught how to behave around older people.
(c) He doesn't have any grandparents so wants them to be that to him.
(d) His camp canceled their summer program.

5. What separates the kitchen from the living room?
(a) A swinging door.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A pocket door.
(d) A bead curtin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Norman ask the phone operator to do?

2. What does the operator ask Norman?

3. How old will Elmer be on his next birthday?

4. What is the job of the character Ethel meets in the woods?

5. Where do Norman and Ethel Thayer return for their anniversary?

(see the answer key)

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