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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the special plant about to do?
(a) Die.
(b) Go to seed.
(c) Be transplanted.
(d) Flower.
2. Who is the first character to come onstage in Act 1?
(a) Hattie.
(b) Claire.
(c) Harry.
(d) Anthony.
3. What does Claire push off the table?
(a) Salt.
(b) An egg.
(c) A plant.
(d) Pepper.
4. Who worries that the cold weather will have adverse effects on the plants?
(a) Harry.
(b) Anthony.
(c) Hattie.
(d) Anthony and Harry.
5. From where does the beam of light originate?
(a) A trap door in the floor.
(b) From the left.
(c) Above.
(d) From a plant.
6. Harry and the first house guest have a discussion about what?
(a) Salt.
(b) The blizzard.
(c) Pepper.
(d) "The Edge Vine."
7. What does Claire try to explain to the first house guest?
(a) Why the pepper is missing.
(b) Why the salt is missing.
(c) The effects of the blizzard on the greenhouse.
(d) The significance of the greenhouse plants.
8. Who is Elizabeth?
(a) Harry and Claire's daughter.
(b) Claire's daughter from a previous marriage.
(c) Harry's daughter from a previous marriage.
(d) Claire's sister.
9. What is Elizabeth's philosophy regarding new plant varieties?
(a) She likes only roses.
(b) Anything new should be better.
(c) Plants should never be hybridized.
(d) New plants are always exciting.
10. What does the second house guest have in his hand when he first arrives?
(a) A salt shaker.
(b) A gun.
(c) A pepper shaker.
(d) Supplies for breakfast.
11. Who rescues Elizabeth from being struck?
(a) Tom.
(b) Dick.
(c) Anthony.
(d) Harry.
12. What is the special plant in the greenhouse called?
(a) "The Edge Vine."
(b) "The Breath Vine."
(c) "The Edge of Death"
(d) "The Breath of Life."
13. What do the random growth patterns of the plants represent?
(a) Death.
(b) Chaos.
(c) Ideas and creativity.
(d) Outside forces.
14. Which character joins the first character after the curtain opens for the second time in Act 1?
(a) Harry.
(b) Anthony.
(c) Hattie.
(d) Claire.
15. What does Claire try to explain to the men over breakfast?
(a) Why she doesn't spend more time with her daughter.
(b) Why there is no heat in the house.
(c) The joy of letting things grow without restriction.
(d) Why she is unhappy in her marriage.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which is the best description of Hattie?
2. Who is the second house guest to arrive at the greenhouse?
3. Claire tries to strike Elizabeth with what?
4. Who is the only character onstage when the curtain opens for the second time in Act 1?
5. In the second part of Act 1, who enters after Harry exits?
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