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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Mrs. Mayhew expect the pageant will end?
(a) With a Grand Ensemble around the Union Jack.
(b) With a sing-along.
(c) With "God Save the King".
(d) With fireworks.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Flavinda await her love in "Where There's a Will, There's a Way"?

2. Who does Budge's character NOT claim to have seen?

3. What is pointed toward the audience in the act which follows "A Picnic Party"?

4. What does the Reverend observe about the pageant?

5. Who does Giles invite to the greenhouse?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Isa look for as the audience departs?

2. What does William think to himself as he says good-bye to Mrs. Swithin?

3. What does Giles imagine himself as after "Where There's a Will, There's a Way" ended, and what did he take as the moral of the story?

4. Where does Miss La Trobe go after the pageant?

5. When Mrs. Swithin suggests thanking Miss La Trobe after the pageant is over, what does Mr. Oliver explain?

6. What is the premise of "Where There's a Will, There's A Way"?

7. What do many audience members object to in the "Ourselves" section of the pageant?

8. Where does Isa go when she slips away from the pageant audience? What do she do as she wanders around?

9. What does Reverend Streatfield ask the audience for at the end of the pageant? What interrupts him?

10. What role does Budge play in the pageant, and what does he explain to the audience?

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