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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Anna think that Chris does for a living when she is talking with Marthy?
(a) Policeman.
(b) Judge.
(c) Janitor.
(d) Bartender.

2. How old is Burke?
(a) About thirty.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Forty-five.
(d) Fifty.

3. What is the first question that Marthy asks Anna at the bar?
(a) Been on a boat?
(b) Want to meet my husband?
(c) Want a salad?
(d) How about some music?

4. What does Chris tell Burke he needs to do at the end of Act 2?
(a) Hurry and get a bunk in the sailors' quarters.
(b) Act as a lookout for the night watch.
(c) Come with him to the officer's cabin.
(d) Have dinner with him.

5. Why does Burke think that Anna is on the barge?
(a) She is the maid.
(b) She is the cook.
(c) She is a castaway.
(d) She is there as Chris's woman.

6. Why does Anna want to stay out on the deck at night at the beginning of Act 2?
(a) She wants to look at the lighthouse.
(b) She is hoping for a chance to see a whale.
(c) She wants to think about things.
(d) She wants to pray.

7. What happens when Anna pushes Burke away from her?
(a) He falls and hits his head.
(b) He gets angry.
(c) He walks away and doesn't speak to her.
(d) He squeezes her even tighter.

8. What is Chris's physical state when he is at the bar in the beginning of the play?
(a) He is exhausted.
(b) He has been drinking.
(c) He looks too heavy.
(d) He feels ill.

9. What does Chris call the men in his family who chose to become sailors?
(a) Brave.
(b) Smart.
(c) Fools.
(d) Rich.

10. Why does Burke say he got so strong?
(a) Lifting weights at the gym.
(b) Shoveling a million tons of coal since he was a lad.
(c) Cutting stone out of the quarry.
(d) Lifting fishing nets out of the sea.

11. What color eyes does Chris Christopherson have?
(a) Brown.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Hazel.

12. What does Anna want to learn more about from Marthy?
(a) Her uncle's whereabouts.
(b) Her father's life.
(c) The best place to find a job.
(d) Marthy's background.

13. What nationality is Burke?
(a) Welsh.
(b) Irish.
(c) Scottish.
(d) English.

14. Where has Anna just been released from at the beginning of the play?
(a) School.
(b) Jury duty.
(c) Hospital.
(d) Detox program.

15. Who does Anna say gives you a "kick when you're down"?
(a) Police.
(b) Women.
(c) Doctors.
(d) Men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city is the bar located in?

2. What does Chris blame for his not being able to visit Anna when she was young?

3. What is Anna's reaction when Burke proposes?

4. What does Larry agree to hold for Chris?

5. What was Anna's profession in the last city she lived?

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