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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT mentioned in the long and confusing passage that is recited in the play?
(a) Concealing a baby.
(b) A man in a hood.
(c) A terrible accident.
(d) Bloody hands.

2. What do the villagers do when "Queen Elizabeth" returns to the stage?
(a) Make alterations to her costume.
(b) Throw balls of paper at her.
(c) Sing a song to her.
(d) Gather around her.

3. Who says that she, too, must have her ghosts?
(a) Isa.
(b) Mrs. Sands.
(c) Mrs. Swithin.
(d) Mrs. Manresa.

4. What is Mrs. Sands' tea said to taste like?
(a) Rust boiled in water.
(b) Coffee boined in water.
(c) Linen boiled in water.
(d) Dirt boiled in water.

5. Who is the first player to appear in the play?
(a) An elderly man.
(b) A young boy.
(c) A young girl.
(d) An elderly woman.

6. Which of the following is not one of Mrs. Sands' helpers?
(a) Lois.
(b) Caleb.
(c) Irene.
(d) David.

7. What does the servant named Candish prepare for the event?
(a) The lanterns.
(b) Bouquets.
(c) The silverware.
(d) Banners.

8. What is described as a prison for Giles and Isa?
(a) Their marriage.
(b) The silence of the group.
(c) The need to keep up appearances.
(d) Their lies.

9. What does Lucy Swithin like to read about?
(a) History.
(b) Animals.
(c) Nature.
(d) Utopias.

10. How many people go with Mrs. Swithin for a tour of Pointz Hall?
(a) Three people.
(b) Four people.
(c) Two people.
(d) One person.

11. What is Mr. Oliver's religious belief?
(a) He is Polytheistic.
(b) He is Pantheistic.
(c) He is an atheist.
(d) He is agnostic.

12. What music plays after the young girl makes her announcement?
(a) Home, Sweet Home.
(b) Dispersed we are.
(c) I had a love in old Skibbereen.
(d) When the Saints go Marching in.

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

14. What kind of birds are flying in the barn?
(a) Sparrows.
(b) Swallows.
(c) Owls.
(d) Pigeons.

15. What have Mr. Haines, his wife, and Mr. Oliver gathered to discuss at the beginning of the book?
(a) A cesspool.
(b) A road.
(c) A well.
(d) A barn.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the audience react when Eliza Clark's character appears?

2. What does Mrs. Swithin ask Isa about after speaking to Mr. Oliver about the event?

3. How does Miss La Trobe regard the pageant?

4. Where does Mrs. Swithin say the birds come from?

5. How is Mrs. Manresa described?

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