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

2. In the pageant, what is used to represent a lake?
(a) Tin foil.
(b) A sheet.
(c) The garden's pond.
(d) A basin.

3. What animals does Mrs. Swithin reason have faith?
(a) Horses.
(b) Birds.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Fish.

4. What is Mr. Oliver's laughter after "Where There's a Will, There's a Way" ends compared to?
(a) A monkey.
(b) A horse.
(c) A dog.
(d) A hyena.

5. In the romantic comedy, what is the name of the aunt's maid?
(a) Deb.
(b) Sue.
(c) Milly.
(d) Lea.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Isa invite William to go while they are in the barn?

2. How does nature interfere with the act which follows "A Picnic Party"?

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

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

5. What does the Reverend observe about the pageant?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the main characters of "A Picnic Party", and who do they find they have in common?

2. What scheme does Lady Harraden come up with involving a con-man?

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

4. What does Giles wonder about Isa when he sees her in the barn?

5. How does Miss La Trobe evaluate her pageant after it is done? What does she begin to plan as she leaves Pointz Hall?

6. How does nature save the awkwardness of the beginning of the "Ourselves" section of the pageant?

7. 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?

8. How is the third section of "Where There's a Will, There's a Way" conveyed to the audience? What amused the audience during this dead moment in the program?

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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