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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the third scene of "Where There's a Will, There's a Way" conveyed to the audience?
(a) Miss La Trobe reads the scene to the audience.
(b) It is summarized in the program.
(c) With a puppet show.
(d) Through an interpretive dance.

2. How do Giles, Isa and William all feel inside while they wait for the pageant to resume?
(a) Content.
(b) Excited.
(c) Desperately unhappy.
(d) Tired.

3. What is Miss La Trobe's final assessment of her play?
(a) It was a fun experience.
(b) It was a failure.
(c) It was a success.
(d) It was an embarassment.

4. Who says "All that fuss about nothing!" while "Where There's a Will, There's a Way" is being performed?
(a) An anonymous audience member.
(b) Mr. Oliver.
(c) Miss La Trobe.
(d) Giles.

5. What does Colonel Mayhew question leaving out of the pageant?
(a) The Suffrage movement.
(b) The present Royal family.
(c) The British Commonwealth.
(d) The British Army.

6. Who does Mr. Oliver say should not be thanked for the pageant?
(a) The author.
(b) The hosts.
(c) The actors.
(d) The audience.

7. What is the name of the local Reverend?
(a) Mr. Saltonstall.
(b) Mr. Streatfield.
(c) Mr. Saunterton.
(d) Mr. Shoesmith.

8. What is the character, Eleanor's, surname?
(a) Harrington.
(b) Handley.
(c) Hardcastle.
(d) Heath.

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

10. When the pageant starts again after the intermission, what is the name of the young woman who takes to the stage?
(a) Madeline.
(b) Mabel.
(c) Mary.
(d) Maude.

11. While waiting for the play to begin, what expression does someone ask the meaning of?
(a) With flying colors.
(b) With a flea in his ear.
(c) Without a hitch.
(d) With bells on.

12. What does the narrator say Giles and Isa will do before they sleep?
(a) Have a glass of warm milk.
(b) Fight.
(c) Confess their secrets.
(d) Tuck their children into bed.

13. Who does Isa look for after the end of the pageant?
(a) The man in black.
(b) The man in blue.
(c) The man in white.
(d) The man in grey.

14. Who does Budge's character NOT claim to have seen?
(a) The Shah of Persia.
(b) The Czar of Russia.
(c) The Sultan of Morocco.
(d) The Queen of England.

15. What does Miss La Trobe shout at the villagers while they are singing, "Where There's a Will, There's a Way"?
(a) "Exit stage left! Left!"
(b) "Smile! Smile!"
(c) "Show some emotion!"
(d) "Louder! Louder!"

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miss La Trobe plan as she leaves the lawn?

2. Around what year is the scene featuring Edgar and Eleanor set?

3. What does Giles think the moral of "Where There's a Will, There's a Way" is?

4. In the evening, what painting does Mrs. Swithin stop by?

5. After "Where There's a Will, There's a Way", what is the next theme of the pageant?

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