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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Mrs. Martin, when can one sit down in a chair?
(a) When the day is done.
(b) When the floor is too hard.
(c) When the chair doesn't have any.
(d) When the sun has set.

2. What does Mrs. Martin offer to trade for a coffin?
(a) Her mother-in-law's slippers.
(b) A gold ring.
(c) A silver salver.
(d) Mr. Martin.

3. Why does Mrs. Smith scold Mary?
(a) For being arrested.
(b) For sleeping on the divan.
(c) For going out that afternoon.
(d) For missing dinner.

4. Why does the Fire Chief need to leave the Smiths' house?
(a) The tea is gone.
(b) He is expecting a fire at the other end of the city.
(c) He must ring other doorbells.
(d) He is expected in the kitchen.

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

6. What is Mrs. Martin's first name?
(a) Bobby.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Mary.
(d) Alice.

7. What does Mrs. Smith ask the Fire Chief to do?
(a) Answer the door.
(b) Pour the tea.
(c) Take off his helmet and sit down.
(d) Stand behind the divan.

8. Who missed dinner with the Smiths?
(a) Mr. and Mrs. Watson.
(b) Mr. and Mrs. Martin.
(c) Mr. Holmes.
(d) Mary.

9. Who briefly begins the play again after the last scene?
(a) Mr. and Mrs. Martin.
(b) Mr. Martin and Mrs. Smith.
(c) The Fire Chief and Mary.
(d) Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

10. According to Mr. Martin, where does charity begin?
(a) At home.
(b) At church.
(c) Over the hedge.
(d) In the bedroom.

11. How long was the Fire Chief standing outside the house by the door?
(a) A day.
(b) 45 minutes.
(c) 5 minutes.
(d) Only a moment.

12. Whom does Mr. Smith claim has not been properly brought up?
(a) Mr. Martin.
(b) Mary.
(c) The Fire Chief.
(d) Mrs. Smith.

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

14. What did Mrs. Martin see a man doing on the Underground?
(a) Running up and down the tracks.
(b) Reading a newspaper.
(c) Sneezing.
(d) Tying his shoelace.

15. Which machine does Mrs. Smith imitate in the last scene?
(a) A lorry.
(b) A train.
(c) A bulldozer.
(d) A tractor.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mrs. Smith, what other position does a Fire Chief hold?

2. What inconsistencies exist about Bobby Watson's demise?

3. What treatment does Dr. Mackenzie-King recommend for appendicitis?

4. According to Mrs. Smith, why does she need to learn Spanish?

5. In the Fire Chief's story about the young calf, why did the calf give birth to a cow?

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