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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Davies need to go to Sidcup?
(a) He needs to report his address.
(b) He needs to get his papers.
(c) He needs a new insurance card.
(d) He needs to see a doctor.

2. What does Davies feel his life lacks?
(a) Shelter.
(b) Money.
(c) Good influences.
(d) Respect.

3. Which literary element is shown in Davies getting fired?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Irony.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) Plot twist.

4. Which of the following is part of the setting?
(a) A pile of shower curtains.
(b) A bathtub.
(c) A large sofa.
(d) A kitchen sink.

5. What were Davies's belongings in when he left them?
(a) A bag.
(b) A backpack.
(c) A trunk.
(d) A crate.

6. How many beds are in the room in which Act I takes place?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

7. What does Davies get instead of a donation of shoes?
(a) One meal.
(b) A place to sleep.
(c) Two meals.
(d) A pair of socks.

8. Why is the room in which Act I takes place such a mess?
(a) Aston is in the room illegally.
(b) The tenant is just a messy person.
(c) The house is being renovated.
(d) The house has burned down.

9. What is symbolic of religion not being the reason why Aston takes in Davies?
(a) Mick's treatment of Aston.
(b) Buddha rests on a disconnected stove.
(c) The rain drops that keep falling into the bucket.
(d) Mick's treatment of Davies.

10. Why does Aston step in to help Davies?
(a) To please his religious figure.
(b) To earn money.
(c) Out of the kindness of his heart.
(d) To impress somebody else.

11. What is one word to describe Davies?
(a) Ambitious.
(b) Entitled.
(c) Clever.
(d) Respectful.

12. What clothing item does Davies claim he needs?
(a) Pants.
(b) Socks.
(c) Shirts.
(d) Shoes.

13. According to Davies, who lives next door?
(a) Atheists.
(b) Hispanics.
(c) Blacks.
(d) Librarians.

14. What does Davies do when Aston leaves the first morning?
(a) He cleans the house.
(b) He goes to the store.
(c) He goes through the boxes.
(d) He visits the neighbors.

15. What does Davies deny the first morning he wakes up?
(a) Making noises in his sleep.
(b) Making the room a mess.
(c) Eating breakfast.
(d) Stealing from Aston.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Davies claim to have left his belongings?

2. What does Aston give Davies after offering him a place to stay?

3. Where does Davies sleep the first night after he is saved from a brawl?

4. What foreshadows the outcome of the story?

5. How did Davies feel about his job?

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