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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who worries that the cold weather will have adverse effects on the plants?
(a) Hattie.
(b) Harry.
(c) Anthony.
(d) Anthony and Harry.

2. What is the special plant about to do?
(a) Flower.
(b) Go to seed.
(c) Die.
(d) Be transplanted.

3. What does Claire try to explain to the first house guest?
(a) The effects of the blizzard on the greenhouse.
(b) Why the salt is missing.
(c) The significance of the greenhouse plants.
(d) Why the pepper is missing.

4. Who rescues Elizabeth from being struck?
(a) Harry.
(b) Anthony.
(c) Dick.
(d) Tom.

5. Who brings Elizabeth to the greenhouse?
(a) Anthony.
(b) Harry.
(c) Tom.
(d) Dick.

6. How does Anthony try to distract Claire from worrying about the plant that is not thriving?
(a) Reminding her what "The Edge Vine" is about to do.
(b) Reminding her that the salt is missing.
(c) Reminding her what "The Breath of Life" is about to do.
(d) Reminding her that they can save the plant.

7. What is Elizabeth's philosophy regarding new plant varieties?
(a) Plants should never be hybridized.
(b) Anything new should be better.
(c) She likes only roses.
(d) New plants are always exciting.

8. Who tries to get Claire to come to the phone upon Elizabeth's arrival?
(a) Harry.
(b) Tom.
(c) Anthony.
(d) Dick.

9. In the second part of Act 1, who enters after Harry exits?
(a) Hattie.
(b) Claire.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Dick.

10. Who is the first character to come onstage in Act 1?
(a) Claire.
(b) Harry.
(c) Hattie.
(d) Anthony.

11. When Claire becomes frustrated with Elizabeth, what does Claire want to do?
(a) Destroy all plants in the greenhouse.
(b) Destroy "The Breath of Life."
(c) Destroy "The Edge Vine."
(d) Destroy "The Edge of Death."

12. Which best describes the number of plants in the greenhouse?
(a) There are three plants.
(b) There are two plants.
(c) Plants are placed on every available shelf and nook.
(d) There are two living plants and one dead plant.

13. What are Anthony's specific instructions?
(a) Hide the special plant from Harry.
(b) Kill the special plant.
(c) Keep salt away from the special plant.
(d) Keep the special plant alive at all costs.

14. What is the one item that stands out in the greenhouse?
(a) A gun.
(b) A dead plant.
(c) A broken window.
(d) A huge plant, clinging to the back wall.

15. What does the blizzard symbolize?
(a) Death.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Ideas and creativity.
(d) Outside forces.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Claire say after Elizabeth exits?

2. What is the first thing the audience sees in Act 1?

3. Why is the first house guest uncomfortable?

4. What does the second house guest bring from the house?

5. What is the relationship between Harry and Claire?

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