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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Will excuse himself from his meeting with Etta Doris?
(a) Will says Etta Doris is boring him to tears.
(b) Will says he is dizzy.
(c) Will says he is feeling tired.
(d) Will says he is feeling nauseous.

2. What does Will say about his behavior toward Lily Dale?
(a) Will says he feels distraught that he's been so ugly too her.
(b) Will says, "well, that's the way the cookie crumbles."
(c) Will says Lily Dale deserves everything she gets.
(d) Will says he's been mean as hell to her and he's sorry.

3. Has Clara ever heard of the maids organizing Disappointment Clubs in Houston?
(a) Clara hears many conflicting claims.
(b) Yes, frequently.
(c) From one or two people.
(d) Never.

4. How does Allie Temple kill herself?
(a) She steps in front of a trolley.
(b) She takes poison.
(c) She stabs herself in the heart.
(d) She jumps off the Post Office.

5. What does Clara tell Lily Dale at the top of this scene?
(a) Lily Dale's new car is in the driveway.
(b) Will is at the hospital.
(c) Egg caserole is for breakfast.
(d) The young man from Atlanta came by again looking for Lily Dale.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Will say happened to their house on Hawthorne?

2. What does the young man from Atlanta tell Lily Dale Bill had become before the drowning?

3. What does Etta Doris say it seems is happening to all the old buildings in Houston?

4. Where does Will threaten to move the family?

5. What kind of person does Will feel he is at heart?

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