To stop Ann from marrying Chris/To find out the truth
100
Who says these lines: "I was fast asleep, and remember the way he used to fly low past the house when he was in training? When we used to see his face in the cockpit going by? That's the way i saw him. Only high up. Way, way up, where the clouds are."
Kate Keller
100
Who has a problem with the toaster?
Lydia
200
Who is Steve Deever and why is he in jail?
Ann's father/selling cracked cylinder heads to the military
200
How does Larry die?
He crashed his plane/suicide
200
What are Jim Bayliss' feelings towards his wife?
He feels trapped/ with her out of obligation: "And now I live in the usual darkness; I can't find myself; it's even hard sometimes to remember the kind of man I wanted to be."
200
Who says this line: "He never flew a P-40, what's the matter with you?"
Joe Keller
200
Who said he has a jail in his basement?
Joe Keller
300
Who dies at the end of the play?
Joe Keller
300
Why did Kate object to planting a tree for Larry?
She felt it was too soon
300
Why do people on the block secretly dislike Joe Keller?
They believed he was guilty
300
Who says these lines: "You can be better! Once and for all you can know there's a universe of people outside and you're responsible to it, and unless you know that, you threw away your son because that's why he died."
Chris Keller
300
True or False: A pear tree is struck down at the beginning of the play
False
400
What date was Larry's favourable day? (according to a certain someone)
November twenty fifth
400
Why does Larry kill himself?
Ashamed of what his father had done
400
What is Anne's motivation for coming to visit the Kellers?
To accept a possible marriage proposal from Chris
400
Who says these lines: "Because certain things have to be, and certain things can never be. Like the sun has to rise, it has to be. That 's why there's god. Otherwise anything could happen. But there's god, so certain things can never happen."
Kate Keller
400
True or False: The play begins on a warm summer sunday morning
True
500
How many characters make an appearance in the first act?
9 - Joe, Kate, Ann, Chris, Jim, Sue, Bert, Frank and Lydia
500
Why does Kate believe Larry is alive?
From the text: "God does not let a son be killed by his father."
500
What is Joe's reason for doing what he did?
He did it for the sake of his family.
500
Who says these lines: "Everything was being destroyed, see, but it seemed to me that one new thing was made. A kind of - responsibility. Man for man. You understand me? – To show that, to bring that onto the earth again like some kind of monument and everyone would feel it standing there, behind him, and it would make a difference to him."
Chris Keller
500
Who says this line: "Forget now. Live.". When is it said?