Act 2 Scene 1

Question 1

CLAIREE: Hey folks, I’m just kidding! I’m only gay!

Answer 1

START PRAYING

Question 2

TRUVY: He could always turn a phrase.

Answer 2

Amen.

Question 3

TRUVY: Amen, Annelle? I’m out of uh…

Answer 3

Is it still next to…?

Question 4

TRUVY: No. It’s over the…

Answer 4

O. K.

Question 5

OUISER: Somebody’s gotta take them. I hate ‘em. I try not to eat healthy food if I can help it the sooner this body wears out the better I’ll be. I have trouble getting enough grease into my diet.

Answer 5

Then why do you from them?

Question 6

OUISER: I am now receiving chain letters for Christ.

Answer 6

They aren’t Chain Letters. They’re part of my prayer group’s “Reach out and Touch” project. We were each supposed to write someone that we thought might be in spiritual trouble and invite them to worship. I guess you made everybody’s list.

Question 7

CLAIREE: That’s nice. Are you taking a trip?

Answer 7

Yes, I am.

Question 8

CLAIREE:Aren’t you going to tell us where you’re going?

Answer 8

No. (Directed at OUISER)

Question 9

OUISER: Please Annelle. I don’t know how ill get through the week without this information.

Answer 9

You’ll just make fun.

Question 10

CLAIREE: I don’t believe I’ve ever heard of a Camp Crossroads…

Answer 10

It’s in the middle of Arkansas. It’s a Christian camp. There’s just cabins, a chapel, a dining hall in the middle of the mountains with a lake. I will spend a week in Bible study, prayer, and meditation. You’re in the middle of nature surrounded by the beauty of the Lord.

Question 11

CLAIREE: Is your boyfriend going with you?

Answer 11

No. He said he’d rather eat dirt.

Question 12

OUISER: I’m going to check up on my granddaughter and make sure she’s still going to the Episcopal church. This born again process seems awfully tedious.

Answer 12

I have to say this, Miss OUISER, and I don’t mean to hurt you. But… I worry about your faith sometimes.

Question 13

TRUVY: OUISER, have you no shame?

Answer 13

Oh, that’s alright, TRUVY. I love Miss OUISER. I pray for her everyday…. Sometimes twice.

Question 14

M’LYNN: thirtieth.

Answer 14

Ooh! That’s a big one. What is the thirtieth anniversary?

Question 15

M’LYNN: how do you mean?

Answer 15

You know… First anniversary is paper. Twentieth is china. Twenty fifth is silver. Thirtieth must be…

Question 16

CLAIREE: That’s too deep for me, I have to go get my tires rotated.

Answer 16

Miss OUISER?…

Question 17

M’LYNN: I guess so. No point in keeping it a secret any longer. Shelby’s been driving nails into her arms.

Answer 17

Stop that!

Question 18

SHELBY: It’s my dialysis.

Answer 18

What?

Question 19

SHELBY: Dialysis. It’s when…

Answer 19

I know what it is.

Question 20

M’LYNN: What would have been the point? There’s nothing you could do.

Answer 20

We could have done something.

Question 21

SHELBY: Sure. They do them all the time in Shreveport. Three or four a week.

Answer 21

They do. Our Sunday school class was praying for one just the other day.

Question 22

SHELBY: She’s right.

Answer 22

But you never know when one will pop up, do you?

Question 23

SHELBY: I suppose. But I’m lucky. I don’t have to wait anymore. Mama’s going to give me one of her kidneys.

Answer 23

What?!

Question 24

M’LYNN: we just told you. We haven’t know that long. We were all just tested last week. I’m the closest match.

Answer 24

What do you mean, match?

Question 25

M’LYNN: there are four categories for an organ match. I matched the best.

Answer 25

Categories?

Question 26

SHELBY: Ain’t that the truth.

Answer 26

I’m going to postpone my vacation a day so I can sit with your husband during the operation. I can run and Coca-Colas and things.

Question 27

OUISER: M’Lynn, you are brave, you are brave.

Answer 27

You know? If I didn’t know any better, Shelby. I wouldn’t even know you’d ever been sick a day in your life.

Question 28

SHELBY: Ladies, do I look fabulous, of what?

Answer 28

God bless you, Shelby.

Question 29

TRUVY: Whew! My artistic nature is so relieved!

Answer 29

It’s very becoming. I guess with that baby, you don’t have time to spend hours fussing with your hair. You need something you can just run your fingers through and go.