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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While Homer sings a ballad, Moses recited from the Bible in what language?
(a) Ancient Arameic.
(b) Ancient Latin.
(c) Ancient Hebrew.
(d) Ancient Greek.

2. What food does Sabina make to feed the refugees?
(a) Hot dogs.
(b) Pancakes.
(c) Hamburgers.
(d) Sandwiches.

3. What is one of Mr. Antrobus' most notable achievements?
(a) Classifying the animals.
(b) Classifying the birds.
(c) Classifying the fish.
(d) Classifying the insects.

4. What does Mrs. Antrobus do when she sees the man who spread the story about Mr. Antrobus wanting to be a fish?
(a) Lose her temper.
(b) Drops her bag.
(c) Walk away.
(d) Ignore him.

5. When Sabina and Mrs. Antrobus argue at the beginning of the play, what sticks its head through the window and complains about the cold?
(a) The mammoth.
(b) The dog.
(c) The horse.
(d) The dinosaur.

6. What role does Sabina play in the Antrobus household?
(a) Nanny.
(b) Cook.
(c) Housekeeper.
(d) Maid.

7. The Telegraph Boy sings a song celebrating what?
(a) Mrs. Antrobus' birthday.
(b) Sabina's birthday.
(c) The anniversary of their son's death.
(d) The Antrobus' anniversary.

8. Who slips past the barricade and comes into the house and becomes comfortable?
(a) The mammoth and the dog.
(b) The horse and the dinosaur.
(c) The dog and the horse.
(d) The dinosaur and the mammoth.

9. Who asked the refugees to come to the Antrobus' house?
(a) Mrs. Antrobus.
(b) Mr. Antrobus.
(c) Sabina.
(d) Henry.

10. What word does the Fortune Teller use to describe the flooding rain that is in humanity's future?
(a) A deluge.
(b) A downpour.
(c) A laughable.
(d) A sizeable.

11. During the Fortune Teller's speech she heckles the audience about letting what slip away from them?
(a) The past.
(b) Their virtue.
(c) The main point.
(d) Their role.

12. The Telegraph Boy says he has a message from whom?
(a) Gladys.
(b) Henry.
(c) Sabina's mother.
(d) Mr. Antrobus.

13. Mr. Antrobus is introduced, during the slide show, as the inventor of what?
(a) The car.
(b) The house.
(c) The wheel.
(d) The stove.

14. When Mr. Antrobus tells Mrs. Antrobus that a sign is a storm signal of rain, what does Mrs. Antrobus go to find?
(a) Umbrellas.
(b) Jackets.
(c) Raincoats.
(d) Bags.

15. When Sabina steps out of her character, she says that she _______ the play.
(a) Detests.
(b) Resents.
(c) Loves.
(d) Hates.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mrs. Antrobus lists, among her discoveries, that what is edible?

2. What does Mrs. Antrobus quote while Henry quotes the multiplication tables?

3. Mr. Antrobus says that they are all covered in what, as the result of Henry's actions with the stone?

4. What is Sabina wearing when she appears in the play for the first time?

5. Why does Mr. Antrobus smack Henry when he shows him the new invention?

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