Act 1 of Someday by Drew Hayden Taylor

The play "Someday" takes place in the fictional Ojibway community called

(a)  

When does the play take place?

• New Years Even

• Springtime

• The week before Christmas

• The week before Thanksgiving

Rodney opens the play with a monologue about how much he hates the pressure around the holidays. His interaction and acknowledgement of the audience demonstrates that he is playing which role?

• the narrator

• the do gooder

• the antagonist

• the Grinch

What exciting event happens to Anne, kicking off the main action of the play?

• a snowstorm barricades the Wabungs in their house

• the left leaning house topples over

• Anne wins the lottery

• Barb gets fired from her job

What has been Anne's dream for many years, which could now be possible with her lottery winnings?

(a)  

Why did Anne slap her daughter Barb in the face?

• She talked about Anne's other daughter as if she's dead

• She was mean to Rodney

• She was trying to steal her cheque

• She talked back to her

Anne recounts how she would go down to the CAS screaming until they'd let her see her daughter's file. How did her husband Frank react?

• He drove her to Toronto

• As a councillor he negotiated with the CAS to get their daughter back

• he told Anne to let it go because she was someone else's daughter now

• He blamed Anne for her being taken away

Rodney tells a story about a Cree girl who was raised by white parents returning after 10 years. She didn't fit in and was assaulted. Why did he say this happened?

• She didn't know anyone or the language

• She didn't know how to relate to others and make friends

• Nobody likes an outsider

• All of the above.

Why is Barb hesitant to give her mother the phone message from Janice Wirth?

• She's skeptical because they've just been in the newspapers with their lottery winnings and thinks they'd want a cut of the money

• She feels Anne is expecting a 7 month old baby to return

• She doesn't want Anne to be hurt or disappointed after almost 35 years

• All of the above

Who is Janice Wirth?

• A lawyer from Toronto

• the Private Investigator

• Anne's long lost daughter Grace

• the nosy woman from the band office