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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the pageant starts again after the intermission, what does the young woman who takes to the stage personify?
(a) Creativity.
(b) Achievement.
(c) Reason.
(d) Inspiration.

2. What does Miss La Trobe plan as she leaves the lawn?
(a) To clean up the next day.
(b) A holiday in France.
(c) Her next pageant.
(d) A move to another village.

3. Which of the following is not listed as one of the village laws?
(a) Not stealing.
(b) Chastity.
(c) Hospitality.
(d) Sobriety.

4. In the evening, what does Isa do in the sitting room?
(a) Works on her sewing.
(b) Writes a letter.
(c) Reads a book.
(d) Looks through a catalog.

5. In the romantic comedy, what is the name of the orphaned girl?
(a) Arlinda.
(b) Kalinda.
(c) Miranda.
(d) Flavinda.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the scene in which the lake is used?

2. What does William Dodge think when he says good-bye to Mrs. Swithin?

3. What does Giles wonder about Isa when he sees her in the barn?

4. What noise does the machine in the bushes make?

5. Where does Miss La Trobe go after the pageant ends?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does William think to himself as he says good-bye to Mrs. Swithin?

2. What does Giles imagine himself as after "Where There's a Will, There's a Way" ended, and what did he take as the moral of the story?

3. What does a voice over a megaphone call out to the audience?

4. What scheme does Lady Harraden come up with involving a con-man?

5. What does the second scene of "Where There's a Will, There's a Way" depict?

6. After the pageant resumes following the intermission, who takes to the stage? Who particularly likes this portion of the pageant?

7. How is the third section of "Where There's a Will, There's a Way" conveyed to the audience? What amused the audience during this dead moment in the program?

8. What is used to set the stage for the "Ourselves" section of the pageant?

9. What does the audience talk about while they wait for the next scene of the pageant to commence?

10. How does Miss La Trobe evaluate her pageant after it is done? What does she begin to plan as she leaves Pointz Hall?

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