Our Town

wear overshoes

An ordinary routine which cannot be skipped on this special day is that George must ________before he leaves the house.

everyone has troubles

Dr. Gibbs

Protestants

Eighty-six per cent of the population of Grover's Corners are Republicans and 85 per cent, ________.

expresses the need for love

Emily

barn

Emily and George had a farm with a new _____.

"Blessed Be the Tie That Binds."

Emily's favorite hymn was________.

attending college

George decides to remain in Grover's Corners, changing his mind about _____.

he must not see his bride or her father on this morning

George's ordinary morning routine was interrupted on this day as Mr. and Mrs. Webb enforced the tradition that _____.

six

Grover's Corners has _______churches and a combination town hall-post office-jail.

nine years

In Act II, the Stage Manager talked about marriage as "a lifetime together" (p 62). How long did George and Emily have together?

gives George the advice his own father gave him on marriage

Mr. Webb

all people were meant to get married

Mrs. Gibbs

expresses the search for happiness

Mrs. Soames

laments that girls are unprepared for marriage

Mrs. Webb

awful, wonderful

My, wasn't life______ and________.

ignorance and blindness

Simon Stimson's attitude is that people go about living in _____.

future

The Stage Manager tells Emily, "And as you watch it, you see the things that they—down there—never know. You see the_______.

He describes Mrs. Gibbs and Mrs. Webb as they begin breakfast. Howie Newsom is still delivering the milk.

The Stage Manager's monologue about the day's events is similar to that in Act I. Which events below does it include?

1670, 1680

The earliest dates on the tombstones in the town cemetery date back to ________ and ________.

Mrs. Soames

The person who talks so much during the service is _____.

Their emotional states and attitudes are different because of the marriage.

The physical morning routine of this day changes little, but what is different about these parents on this day?

understanding

The play ends when George comes back to the cemetery and Emily and the others among the dead comment again about the lack of_________on the part of the living.

1901

The play is set in Grover's Corners, New Hampshire, May 7, ______.

2642

The population of Grover's Corners is

people can appreciate a day as special by a change in attitude

Through this ordinary, yet not ordinary morning, Wilder is showing us that _____.

French toast

What does Mrs. Gibbs serve her husband for breakfast?

Morgan's drugstore

Where do George and Emily discover their feelings for one another?

interest

Wilder's "dead" are aware of life on earth but have gradually lost________ as they await eternity.