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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does John pretend he is doing as he hears someone coming in the beginning of the play?
(a) Reading the newspaper.
(b) Making lunch.
(c) Cleaning the table off.
(d) Making breakfast.

2. What is Nettie trying to do when the third scene begins?
(a) Stop crying.
(b) Stop laughing.
(c) Listen to John and Timmy's conversation.
(d) Quiet John and Timmy down.

3. What has happened to many of the local boys who also went off to war?
(a) They are missing.
(b) They returned safely.
(c) They were killed or badly injured.
(d) They are still in the war.

4. What happens to the vase after Nettie throws the roses?
(a) John catches it.
(b) It remains intact.
(c) It shatters.
(d) It breaks in half.

5. What does the family plan to do as the second scene of the play ends?
(a) See a movie.
(b) Eat dinner.
(c) Visit another relative.
(d) Take a trip.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nettie lecture John about in the first scene of Act 1?

2. What are Timmy and John doing as Nettie enters the apartment in the second scene of Act 1?

3. What does John contend about Timmy to Nettie?

4. Who is howling at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?

5. What type of apartment do the Clearys live in?

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