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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Maurrant do when Willie appears, crying?
(a) He spanks his son.
(b) He leaves to go after whoever had hurt his son.
(c) He yells at both his wife and son.
(d) He hugs his son.

2. What does Mr. Maurrant tell the group he is going to do to his kids?
(a) Throw them out.
(b) Treat them to a movie.
(c) Punish them.
(d) Give them up for adoption.

3. Why does Shirley Kaplan ask her father to turn his reading lamp off?
(a) It was increasing the temperature in their apartment.
(b) He is wasting electricity.
(c) The light is bothering her.
(d) The room is bright enough without it.

4. What do the women gossip about, regarding Mrs. Maurrant?
(a) A man named Sankey has visited her for the third time this week.
(b) She is new to the neighborhood, so they discuss what they know of her.
(c) Her husband is unkind to her, and she should divorce him.
(d) She is rude and disrespectful towards the other tenants.

5. Who does Mrs. Jones say do not know anything about raising babies?
(a) The wealthy.
(b) New Yorkers.
(c) Foreigners.
(d) The poor.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mr. Maurrant look when he arrives home?

2. What do the women do, after Mr. Sankey's arrival?

3. What has the country's heat wave caused?

4. What does Rose's father ask about Mr. Easter?

5. What does Rose do when Sam kisses her?

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