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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. What does Emily ask Mrs. Webb when she sees her mother after talking with Mr. Webb?
(a) If she seems happy.
(b) If she is smart.
(c) If she is pretty.
(d) If she is well-liked.

2. What triggers the appearance of the Webb family at the beginning of the book?
(a) A horn honking.
(b) The school bell.
(c) The factory whistle.
(d) An alarm clock.

3. What does Mrs. Gibbs chide George for when he first appears on stage?
(a) Forgetting his homework.
(b) Sleeping in.
(c) Spending his allowance too frivolously.
(d) Talking back to her.

4. What does Mr. Webb talk to George about when Mrs. Webb runs out of her kitchen?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Baseball.
(c) Farming.
(d) The war.

5. What is Joe's occupation?
(a) Paperboy.
(b) Student.
(c) Milkman.
(d) Grocer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who talks with George after his parents go to bed?

2. Who asks questions of Mr. Webb when he has finished his introduction of the town?

3. Where is George running to when we first see him in the second act?

4. How much time passed between the first act and the second act?

5. What does Joe do when he leaves town?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is George's greatest talent?

2. What frustrates Emily about her parents when she returns to her life?

3. What title did the stage manager give Act 1?

4. What does George tell his mother he is most afraid of just before he marries Emily?

5. What does Mr. Webb do when he sees Simon Stimson on his way home from work?

6. What marriage advice does Mr. Webb give George on the morning of his wedding?

7. How does Mrs. Soames feel about weddings?

8. How does the stage manager describe weddings in Grover's Corner?

9. Why does Dr. Gibbs give George a handkerchief after reprimanding him for not doing his chores?

10. How does Emily hurt George's feelings?

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