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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What office in the student council did George hold?
(a) President.
(b) Treasurer.
(c) Vice President.
(d) Secretary.

2. What does Emily decide to do shortly after her death?
(a) Re-live her life.
(b) Move forward with her existence.
(c) Write about her experience.
(d) Guard George from harm.

3. What is the first actual character that the stage manager plays?
(a) Mr. Millet.
(b) Mr. Miller.
(c) Mr. Morgan.
(d) Mr. Mulligan.

4. What does the stage manager tell the audience to do at the end of the play?
(a) Cherish those around them.
(b) Learn something.
(c) Go home and rest.
(d) Live life to the fullest.

5. What does Mr. Web say when he first comes home from work in the third act?
(a) He misses Emily.
(b) It is Emily's birthday.
(c) He feels that his life is being lived for him.
(d) He is tired.

6. What does Mrs. Webb say is cruel while at the wedding?
(a) Not allowing a mother to help her daughter get dressed on her wedding day.
(b) Sending young girls into marriage unprepared.
(c) Forcing a mother to plan a wedding on such short notice.
(d) Stealing a mother's daughter so soon after graduation.

7. What does Emily beg her mother to do at the end of the play?
(a) Let loose of her mundane duties for a time.
(b) Come with her.
(c) Truly see her and experience the moments she has.
(d) Keep her safe.

8. What does the stage manager urge the audience to do while George and Emily prepare to tell their story?
(a) Fill their hearts and minds with loving thoughts.
(b) Remember what it was like to be in love.
(c) Kiss someone they love.
(d) Pretend this is their story.

9. What does George tell his mother he and Emily will do just before he is married?
(a) Eat dinner at her house every Thursday.
(b) Attend the same college.
(c) Move to the country.
(d) Always live close to her.

10. How old is Emily when she begins her new life?
(a) 12.
(b) 18.
(c) 16.
(d) 14.

11. What does Mrs. Webb say she wants to do before her daughter gets married, but does not think she will have the chance to do?
(a) Talk to her daughter.
(b) Kiss her daughter.
(c) Speak to George.
(d) Thank all the guests.

12. Why does George decide to not go to college after all?
(a) He and Emily realize they are meant to be together.
(b) He wants to pursue his baseball career.
(c) He is afraid to leave his mother alone.
(d) He does not get good enough grades.

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

14. Who does the stage manager introduce at the beginning of Act 3?
(a) The new people in town.
(b) Some of the audience members.
(c) The people in the cemetary.
(d) The children of Emily and George.

15. What do Mrs. Gibbs's relatives say about her gravestone?
(a) It is much simpler than she would have liked.
(b) The saying is not appropriate for her.
(c) It suits her perfectly.
(d) It is too fancy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emily NOT say goodbye to when she chooses to not re-live her life?

2. What does George ask Emily to do while he is at college?

3. What does Emily say about the Earth?

4. What is so conspicuous about one of the chairs in the first row in the first scene of Act 3?

5. What does Emily not like about the cemetery?

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