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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 61 - 75.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Manresa wonder once the pageant starts?
(a) Whether the actors are wearing make up.
(b) Whether it will rain.
(c) Whether Giles is looking at her.
(d) Whether it will run till midnight.

2. Who is especially enlivened by Mrs. Manresa's presence?
(a) Captain Mayhew.
(b) Mr. Oliver.
(c) William.
(d) Isa.

3. How does Giles feel about what he read in the newspaper?
(a) Amused.
(b) Worried.
(c) Powerless.
(d) Disgusted.

4. Who does Eliza Clark play in the pageant?
(a) Cleopatra.
(b) Queen Victoria.
(c) Queen Elizabeth.
(d) Mary, Queen of Scots.

5. What does William have a strange urge to do?
(a) Steal a piece of silver from the cabinet.
(b) Punch Giles Oliver.
(c) Take part in the pageant.
(d) Confess his troubles to Mrs. Swithin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do William and Mrs. Swithin see when they go outside?

2. Who recites a long and confusing passage in the play?

3. What country is "Between the Acts" set in?

4. What superstitious notion does Mrs. Swithin wonder about?

5. What does the group eat by the old wall?

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