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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who sings a duet with Eleanor?
(a) Millicent.
(b) Maude.
(c) Madeline.
(d) Mildred.

2. How much money has the pageant made?
(a) Twenty-two pounds.
(b) Seventeen pounds.
(c) Fifty pounds.
(d) Thirty-six pounds.

3. While having dessert, what does Mr. Oliver say about the play?
(a) It was ridiculous.
(b) It was too ambitious.
(c) It was a triumph.
(d) It was a waste of money.

4. What is pointed toward the audience in the act which follows "A Picnic Party"?
(a) An electric fan.
(b) A water hose.
(c) A light.
(d) A mirror.

5. Where will proceeds from the pageant go?
(a) To an orphanage.
(b) To repair the town hall.
(c) To the Church.
(d) Towards the war effort.

6. How does nature interfere with the act which follows "A Picnic Party"?
(a) Birds swoop down at the audience.
(b) It begins to rain.
(c) Wind blows the set dressings down.
(d) A dog chases a fox through the audience.

7. What disrupts the Reverend's speech at the end of the pageant?
(a) Rain.
(b) Someone honking a car horn.
(c) Warplanes flying overhead.
(d) A toddler screaming.

8. What is heard from the terrace while "Where There's a Will, There's a Way" is performed?
(a) Hooting owls.
(b) Cows mooing.
(c) Some small children saying amusing things.
(d) A dog barking incessantly.

9. Of whom does Mrs. Swithin say "[They] put a dagger on the table and that's a battle"?
(a) The Chinese.
(b) The Scottish.
(c) The Vikings.
(d) The Spanish.

10. Who does Isa follow back from the stable yard?
(a) Giles and Mrs. Swithin.
(b) Giles and an unknown woman.
(c) Giles and Mrs. Manresa.
(d) Giles and Miss La Trobe.

11. What is the name of the act which follows "A Picnic Party"?
(a) The Tale of Tomorrow.
(b) All Together.
(c) Ourselves.
(d) The Future.

12. What noise does the machine in the bushes make?
(a) Click, clicl, click.
(b) Creak, creak, creak.
(c) Clunk, clunk, clunk.
(d) Chuff, chuff, chuff.

13. What does Giles wonder about Isa when he sees her in the barn?
(a) Who she is lusting after.
(b) What she is eating.
(c) Why she is angry with him.
(d) Why she is avoiding him.

14. How long does Miss La Trobe want the silent part of the act which follows "A Picnic Party" to last?
(a) Five minutes.
(b) Ten minutes.
(c) Half an hour.
(d) Fifteen minutes.

15. Who leaves Lady Harraden at the end of "Where There's a Will, There's a Way"?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her dog.
(c) Her servant.
(d) Her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the romantic comedy, what is the name of the girl's aunt?

2. Who announces that the pageant is over?

3. Who particularly likes the portion of the pageant that starts right after the intermission?

4. What does Candish bring to the family on a silver salver?

5. In the pageant, what is used to represent a lake?

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