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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. What are Edgar and Eleanor both dedicated to?
(a) The Salvation Army.
(b) Country life.
(c) Protecting wildlife.
(d) Missionary work.

2. Who greets and congratulates Miss La Trobe while the pageant is still on going?
(a) Isa.
(b) Mrs. Swithin.
(c) William.
(d) Mr. Oliver.

3. What creatures settle on the terrace in the act which follows "A Picnic Party"?
(a) Cats.
(b) Squirrels.
(c) Swallows.
(d) Rabbits.

4. What does the Reverend observe about the pageant?
(a) That it has shown that humankind is flawed.
(b) That it has shown that humankind is hilarious.
(c) That it has shown that humankind is united.
(d) That it has shown that humankind is evil.

5. What does Mrs. Swithin name leaves after that are floating on the water?
(a) Places.
(b) Prime Ministers.
(c) Constellations.
(d) Horses.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mrs. Mayhew expect the pageant will end?

2. According to the final act of the pageant, what is every human equal in?

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

4. Who does Giles imagine himself as after "Where There's a Will, There's a Way" ends?

5. In the romantic comedy, what is the name of the aunt's maid?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the stage set for "A Picnic Party"?

2. What do Isa, William and Giles think about after "A Picnic Party" ends?

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

4. What did Miss La Trobe hope to start the "Ourselves" section of the pageant with?

5. What does the audience talk about while they wait for the next scene of the pageant to commence?

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

7. What is used to set the stage for the "Ourselves" section of the pageant?

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

9. What does the narrator predict will happen between Giles and Isa at the end of the novel?

10. How does one audience member critique the play-within-a-play, "Where There's a Will, There's a Way"?

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