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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the policeman not want anyone to do?
(a) Stay outside.
(b) Wait for Mr. Maurrant to return.
(c) Go into the Maurrant's apartment.
(d) Leave or enter the building.

2. What does Rose tell Shirley?
(a) She and Willie are going into child protective services.
(b) She and Willie will be staying in the apartment.
(c) She and Willie are moving out to the country.
(d) She and Willie will be staying at her aunt's.

3. What are Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Cushing doing as the couple goes up to take a look?
(a) They are busily gossiping about the day's events.
(b) They are going back into the building.
(c) They are sitting silently on the stoop.
(d) They are praying for the Maurrants.

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

5. What is a constant throughout the play?
(a) A subway car going by under ground.
(b) The sound of the wind.
(c) Bird calls.
(d) Noise: the noise of the city.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens between Vincent and Sam?

2. From where has Mr. Buchanan just got back?

3. How can the audience see some of the activities of the apartment residents?

4. What does Mrs. Maurrant have in a paper bag?

5. Why do the neighbors get into a discussion about labor unions, the working class, and America's prosperity?

(see the answer key)

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