UB Literature/Composition 9(A)

Bortnichak

2009-10 – Trimester #2

Our Town Unit Test

Part 1: True/False

For each of the following items, use your best judgment to decide if the statement is true or false. If you believe a statement to be true, mark the letter A. If you believe a statement to be false, mark the letter B.

  1. George receives a 25-cent raise in his allowance.
  1. Emily dies giving birth to her first child.
  1. Mr. Webb declares that Grover’s Corners does not have much culture.
  1. Mrs. Webb is happy to see George before the wedding, since it is good luck for a groom to see the bride before the wedding.
  1. George is saddened when the team loses its best pitcher – Si Crowell.
  1. The play begins in a small Virginia town, 1901.
  1. The Gibbs and Webb families live next door to each other.
  1. The town policeman has a drinking problem.
  1. Doc Gibbs delivers twins.
  1. Most of the young people in Grover’s Corners move away after high school graduation.
  1. Sam Craig returns to town to attend his cousin’s funeral.
  1. At the cemetery, Mrs. Soames remembers Emily’s lovely wedding.
  1. Emily thinks that all men are perfect.
  1. The $350 legacy buys a highboy (dresser) for George and Emily’s home.
  1. Doc Gibbs sings in the church choir.

Part 2: Matching

Matching Set #1:

  1. Hangs himselfa. Stage Manager
  1. Receives a post-card album for her birthdayb. Joe Crowell, Jr.
  1. Suffers a burst appendixc. Simon Stimson
  1. Narrates the playd. Rebecca
  1. Fascinated by a letter addressed to Jane Crofute. Emily
  1. Delivers the paperf. Wally

Matching Set #2:

  1. Dies of pneumoniaa. Mr. Webb
  1. Editor of The Sentinelb. Mr. Gibbs
  1. Becomes a farmerc. Mrs. Soames
  1. Delivers the milkd. Mrs. Gibbs
  1. Town doctore. George
  1. Thinks the wedding is lovelyf. Howie Newsome

Part 3: Multiple Choice

28. Which of the following is an example of foreshadowing from Act 1?

a.Doc Gibbs will diec. Joe Crowell will go to war

b.Cars appear in 5 yearsd. All of the above

  1. Our Town, unlike most plays, begins without
  2. A narrator or actorsc. A curtain or scenery
  3. A stage or lightingd. A description of the setting
  1. The Stage Manager is unusual in
  2. The way he dressesc. His voice quality
  3. His ability to see into the futured. The way he walks
  1. In which state is Grover’s Corners?
  2. New Jerseyc. New Hampshire
  3. New Yorkd. Massachusetts
  1. George suggests a way to communicate between Emily’s window and his so that
  2. He can send her his goals as class President
  3. He can help her with her algebra homework
  4. She can send him the notes that she took at the class meeting
  5. She can help him with his algebra homework
  1. Which is NOT one of the ways the beginning of Act II is like the beginning of Act I? In both,
  2. Si Crowell is delivering the paper
  3. The 5:45 train to Boston comes through town
  4. Mrs. Gibbs and Mrs. Webb come down to make breakfast
  5. The milkman comments on the weather
  1. At the beginning of Act II, the paper boy complains that the town is losing its best baseball pitcher, ______
  2. Sam Craigc. Joe Crowell, Jr.
  3. George Gibbsd. Wally Webb
  1. How does Emily know she can go back to the world of living?
  2. The Stage Manager tells herc. Mrs. Gibbs tells her
  3. She can feel itd. She reads it in her Bible
  1. Why do both Mrs. Gibbs and Mrs. Webb order extra milk and cream?
  2. They will be making ice cream for the church social
  3. They will be feeding wedding guests
  4. The will be making cheese to store for the winter
  5. The will be unable to order more milk for a month
  1. When Dr. Gibbs comments on the fact that Mrs. Gibbs will be losing one of her chicks, he is referring to the fact that
  2. George is getting married
  3. Mrs. Gibbs shouldn’t forgets to feed the chickens
  4. George is going to Agriculture School
  5. Wally is going on a camping trip
  1. Who worries aloud that George and Emily are too young to get married?
  2. Mrs. Gibbsc. Mr. Webb
  3. Mrs. Soamesd. the Stage Manager
  1. Who had an arranged marriage?
  2. George and Emilyc. Dr. and Mrs. Gibbs
  3. Mr. and Mrs. Webbd. All of the above
  1. The Stage Manager says that Act I is called
  2. Daily Lifec. Death
  3. Love and Marriaged. None of these
  1. In a flashback, Act II returns to
  2. Emily’s sixteenth birthday
  3. The day that George and Emily fell in love
  4. The Webb’s wedding day
  5. Dr. and Mrs. Gibbs’ wedding day
  1. Over their sodas,
  2. George decides not to go to Agriculture School
  3. George admits his love for Emily
  4. Emily admits her love for George
  5. All of the above
  1. When Act III begins, the Stage Manager says that ______years have passed.
  2. 7c. 9
  3. 8d. 10
  1. Doc Gibbs admits that before marrying his wife, he worries that
  2. She would boss him around
  3. She would realize she didn’t love him
  4. They would run out of things to talk about
  5. He would not be able to support her
  1. Because of a superstition, Emily’s mother won’t allow George to ______on the morning of the wedding.
  2. See Emily
  3. Use a mirror
  4. Walk under a ladder
  5. Wear black
  1. Mr. Webb’s advice to George on his wedding day is
  2. To let your wife know early who’s boss
  3. Not to ask advice on personal matters
  4. Never go to sleep angry
  5. Don’t try to change your wife
  1. George congratulates Emily on
  2. Getting a solo in the church choir
  3. Winning an award in a math competition
  4. Being chosen as Grover’s Corners beauty queen
  5. Being elected Secretary-Treasurer of the class
  1. When George realizes that he doesn’t have the money to pay for the sodas, what does he gives the drug store owner as temporary payment?
  2. His gold watchc. His baseball glove
  3. His necklaced. His little sister
  1. Emily criticizes George for spending too much time on baseball and tells him that other people are saying he
  2. Doesn’t play wellc. Acts stuck-up
  3. Will flunk if he’s not carefuld. Should settle down and marry
  1. Who is Joe Stoddard?
  2. The town drunkc. Emily’s cousin
  3. The paperboyd. The undertaker
  1. At first, George plans to go away to school to study ______.
  2. Engineeringc. Medicine
  3. Farmingd. Law
  1. Who said, “Ma, I don’t want to grow old. Why’s everybody pushing me so?”
  2. Rebeccac. George
  3. Emilyd. Wally
  1. The final Act is set
  2. In the cemeteryc. In Heaven
  3. On Main Streetd. On George and Emily’s farm
  1. Which of the following is NOT one of the changes the Stage Manager says has come to Grover’s Corners by 1913?
  2. More locked doorsc. More cars
  3. Fewer horsesd. Women’s right to vote
  1. In the cemetery, the Stage Manager says, “There is something way down deep that’s ______about every human being.”
  2. Eternalc. Empty
  3. Uglyd. Cute
  1. Who is NOT among the dead in the final act?
  2. Mr. Webbc. Mrs. Soames
  3. Simon Stimsond. Mrs. Gibbs
  1. When Emily’s spirit says of live people, “They’re sort of shut up in little boxes, aren’t they?” she means that most people
  2. Don’t really know what it is to work hard
  3. Never leave Grover’s Corners
  4. Are blind to the joys of life
  5. Die before they are ready
  1. The Stage Manager explains that trying to relive the past is painful because as you watch yourself
  2. You wish that you were still alive
  3. The living treat you as if you no longer belong
  4. You realize how cruel you often were
  5. You know what’s going to happen afterwards
  6. Emily chooses to return to her ______birthday.
  7. 8thc. 16th
  8. 12thd. 21st
  1. At Emily’s funeral, a woman among the dead says, “Goodness! That ain’t no way to behave!” when
  2. Simon Stimson starts arguing with Mrs. Gibbs
  3. Mrs. Soames thinks about Emily’s wedding
  4. Emily’s four-year-old skips around the cemetery
  5. George throws himself at Emily’s grave
  1. George lies to the drug store owner about the reason
  2. Emily is crying
  3. The hardware-store wagon runs away
  4. He is quitting his baseball team
  5. Emily lost the election
  1. Mrs. Gibbs complains that all George thinks about is
  2. Emilyc. School
  3. The farmd. Baseball
  1. Which of the following is a role that the Stage Manager does NOT assume?
  2. Ministerc. Drug store owner
  3. Woman that George runs intod. Undertaker
  1. Who is Bessie?
  2. A girl who dressed “like a sick turkey”
  3. George’s sister
  4. A girl working at the drugstore
  5. Howie’s horse
  1. Which of the following is NOT asked of Grover’s Corners by the audience members?
  2. Is no one aware of social injustice?
  3. Is there much drinking?
  4. Is there any poverty or insanity?
  5. Is there any culture or love of beauty?
  1. Doc Gibbs makes a special trip once every two years to
  2. Europec. the Atlantic Ocean
  3. Bostond. Antietam and Gettysburg
  1. Our Town was written in
  2. 1938c. 1952
  3. 1903d. 1889
  1. Grover’s Corners has many
  2. Churchesc. Schools
  3. Barsd. Libraries
  1. Setting and time in this play is established by
  2. Program notesc. the Stage Manager
  3. A recorded messaged. the audience
  1. Who wrote Our Town?
  2. Thornton Wilderc. Henry David Thoreau
  3. Emily Dickinsond. Matt Damon

Part 4: Short Answer

For each of the following questions, please answer in complete sentences.

  1. How does Emily die?
  1. Why is Rebecca crying at the beginning of Act II?
  1. What does Doc Gibbs bring to Mrs. Gibbs in the cemetery?
  1. How do Mrs. Gibbs, Mrs. Webb, and the other women spend their weekly nights out together?
  1. How does Mr. Gibbs deal with the fact that George is not doing his chores like he’s supposed to?

Bonus: What does the word “diction” mean? Provide an example.