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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following is not listed as one of the village laws?
(a) Not stealing.
(b) Chastity.
(c) Sobriety.
(d) Hospitality.

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

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

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

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

7. Who does Giles imagine himself as after "Where There's a Will, There's a Way" ends?
(a) Lilyliver.
(b) Valentine.
(c) A prince.
(d) A warrior.

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

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

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

11. Why does Flavinda hide in "Where There's a Will, There's a Way"?
(a) She spots her aunt.
(b) She does not want to be sent overseas.
(c) The police are after her.
(d) She feels she is being followed.

12. After "Where There's a Will, There's a Way", what is the next theme of the pageant?
(a) The Tudor era.
(b) The Edwardian era.
(c) The Georgian era.
(d) The Victorian era.

13. What is the name of the scene in which the lake is used?
(a) A Picnic Party.
(b) On the Summer's Eve.
(c) Meet Me by the Water's Edge.
(d) Lady of the Lake.

14. What show does Mrs. Manresa say she recently took her nephew to see?
(a) Little Boy Blue.
(b) Pinocchio.
(c) Peter and the Wolf.
(d) Pop Goes the Weasel.

15. What is the sheet painted to resemble a wall supposed to represent?
(a) Stability.
(b) Civilization.
(c) Progress.
(d) Safety.

Short Answer Questions

1. While waiting for the play to begin, what expression does someone ask the meaning of?

2. What does the gramophone play after the Victorian section of the pageant?

3. What does Miss La Trobe shout at the villagers while they are singing, "Where There's a Will, There's a Way"?

4. What does Colonel Mayhew question leaving out of the pageant?

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

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