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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) Protecting wildlife.
(b) Country life.
(c) The Salvation Army.
(d) Missionary work.

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

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

4. Who sings a duet with Eleanor?
(a) Madeline.
(b) Mildred.
(c) Millicent.
(d) Maude.

5. What is pointed toward the audience in the act which follows "A Picnic Party"?
(a) An electric fan.
(b) A light.
(c) A mirror.
(d) A water hose.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the pageant, what is used to represent a lake?

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

3. What does Mrs. Swithin name leaves after that are floating on the water?

4. What does the voice on the megaphone NOT call the audience members?

5. What does William Dodge think when he says good-bye to Mrs. Swithin?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does a voice over a megaphone call out to the audience?

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

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

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

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