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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mrs. Watson's profession?
(a) Model.
(b) Grocer.
(c) Beautician.
(d) Voice teacher.

2. According to Mrs. Martin, what is honorable?
(a) English manners.
(b) Proper behavior.
(c) All that is human.
(d) Truth.

3. What does Mr. Smith enjoy when he is in the country?
(a) Fishing.
(b) Solitude and quiet.
(c) His tea.
(d) Circles.

4. Whom does Mrs. Smith believe is dishonest?
(a) Mr. Smith.
(b) Dr. Mackenzie-King.
(c) The Royal Navy.
(d) Sailors.

5. What did Mary buy for herself?
(a) A robin.
(b) A bottle of rum.
(c) A scarf.
(d) A chamber pot.

6. In the last scene of the play, who would Mr. Martin like to slap?
(a) Ulysses.
(b) Mrs. Martin.
(c) Mrs. Smith.
(d) Mr. Smith.

7. Which part of the alphabet does Mrs Martin quote in the last scene?
(a) The second half.
(b) Vowels.
(c) The first half.
(d) Consonants.

8. Why doesn't Mr. Smith believe that Dr. Mackenzie-King is a good doctor?
(a) The doctor left a hole in his side.
(b) Mrs. Smith died.
(c) Mary developed the hiccups.
(d) A conscientious doctor should die with his patient.

9. In the story, "The Headcold", who caught the cold?
(a) The fourth-class petty officer of the Royal Navy.
(b) The priest's grandmother.
(c) Marie.
(d) The Fire Chief's brother-in law

10. What line do all the characters on stage chant at the end of the last scene?
(a) Again I say, again!
(b) Go west, young man!
(c) It's not that way, it's over here!
(d) It's here!

11. What observation does Mr. Smith make about the human heart?
(a) It is easily fooled.
(b) It is ageless.
(c) It is easily broken.
(d) It does not really exist.

12. How did Mary spend her afternoon?
(a) She sang in the park, drank sherry, and danced in the kitchen.
(b) She slept in the park and was arrested for loitering.
(c) She went to the cinema, drank brandy and milk, and read the paper.
(d) She recited poetry in the foyer, drank rum, and slept on the divan.

13. According to the Fire Chief, who puts out the Vicar's fires?
(a) Angels.
(b) Vestal virgins.
(c) The vicar can not have any fires.
(d) The Almighty.

14. What orders has the Fire Chief been given?
(a) To ring all the bells in the city.
(b) To kiss all the pretty ladies.
(c) To extinguish all the fires in the city.
(d) To have his tea.

15. Who might pay for the Watson children's schooling?
(a) Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
(b) Mr. and Mrs. Martin.
(c) Aunt and Uncle Watson.
(d) Mr. and Mrs. Holmes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the Smith's live?

2. Why does Mrs. Smith kiss the Fire Chief?

3. Why can't Mrs. Smith read the clock?

4. In Mrs. Smith's story, "The Bouquet", why does the fiancé take back the bouquet of flowers?

5. What are the Smiths doing while Mary recites her poem?

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