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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the stage manager say is replacing automobiles while he chats with George and Emily?
(a) Bicycles.
(b) Horses.
(c) Buses.
(d) Walking.

2. What two terms do the dead use to describe life?
(a) Awful and wonderful.
(b) Carefree and simple.
(c) Loving and hateful.
(d) Mundane and hectic.

3. What does Emily not like about the cemetery?
(a) The dreary feeling there.
(b) Watching her loved ones grieve for her.
(c) Being new there.
(d) Not being able to communicate with the living.

4. Who does Mrs. Webb say cried earlier in the day at the wedding?
(a) Mrs. Gibbs.
(b) Emily.
(c) The stage manager.
(d) Mr. Webb.

5. What does Emily demand of George just before they get married?
(a) That he allow her to live near her family.
(b) That he buy her a house.
(c) That he be a good father.
(d) That he love her forever.

6. What does George tell Emily is so hard for a fella' as he talks to her after the student council elections?
(a) Hiding his feelings.
(b) Avoiding conceit.
(c) Denying pretty girls.
(d) Allowing faults to creep into his character.

7. What does Emily say just before she gets married?
(a) She loves George.
(b) She refuses to live far from her father.
(c) She would rather things remain the way they are.
(d) She hates George and wishes she were dead.

8. Why does Emily think George is so conceited?
(a) He dates too many girls.
(b) He is extremely good at baseball.
(c) He is handsome.
(d) He was just elected to a student council office.

9. What does George realize when he is talking to Emily after the student council elections?
(a) She is blushing.
(b) She is scared of him.
(c) She is mad at him.
(d) She is staring at him.

10. Who does the stage manager say are witnesses to the marriage between George and Emily?
(a) The world.
(b) The audience.
(c) God and angels.
(d) The town.

11. What does George say he does not want to do just before he gets married?
(a) Make his love live in poverty.
(b) Get married.
(c) Grow old.
(d) Go to school

12. What do the row of chairs on stage indicate in the first scene in Act 3?
(a) A class system.
(b) People.
(c) Money.
(d) Graves.

13. What do Emily and Mrs. Gibbs say about the living when George enters the cemetery?
(a) They are fighting a losing battle.
(b) They are foolish.
(c) They do not understand.
(d) They are wonderful and warm.

14. What is the second real character that the stage manager plays?
(a) The minister.
(b) The ring bearer.
(c) The mailman.
(d) The decorator.

15. What is removed from the stage during George and Emily's wedding?
(a) Most of the cast.
(b) The school.
(c) The house settings.
(d) The curtain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Webb say is cruel while at the wedding?

2. What does the stage manager tell the audience to do at the end of the play?

3. How does George answer the stage manager's question to Emily after the Student Council elections?

4. What is Emily's natural feeling about men?

5. Who speaks the most during the wedding?

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