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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Charlie when his father died?
(a) Dublin.
(b) Bristol.
(c) London.
(d) Manchester.

2. What does Mary say she will do with Young Charlie?
(a) Go out with him.
(b) Study.
(c) Go to church.
(d) Ride bikes.

3. What does Mary tell Young Charlie after Da leaves?
(a) He's nosy.
(b) He's a great guy.
(c) He's an idiot.
(d) He's senile.

4. As an adult, Charlie angrily says that he shouldn't love Da because he ______________.
(a) betrayed him.
(b) cheated on his mother.
(c) let him down too many times.
(d) is a liar.

5. Which girl always believed that Oliver would be a great man?
(a) Maureen.
(b) Mary.
(c) Colleen.
(d) Eileen.

6. What question does Charlie ask himself about his Mother?
(a) Why she never drinks beer.
(b) Why she never loved him.
(c) Why she adopted him.
(d) Why she married Da.

7. Which of the following does Drumm not say about Da?
(a) He's stupid.
(b) He's brilliant.
(c) He's no good.
(d) He's small in spirit.

8. What does Charlie's mother want Charlie to do before Drumm arrives?
(a) Change his shirt.
(b) Brush his teeth.
(c) Wash his hair.
(d) Take a shower.

9. Da says that there will be plenty of jobs when ____________ takes over.
(a) Stalin and the Russians.
(b) Churchill and the British.
(c) Roosevelt and the Americans.
(d) Hitler and the Germans.

10. Drumm's visit with Young Charlie is essentially _____________________.
(a) a job interview.
(b) a nuisance.
(c) a done deal.
(d) a waste of time.

11. Da tells Charlie that he never told him _______________.
(a) he loved him.
(b) about sex.
(c) about his birth mother.
(d) a lie.

12. What does Mary do after she says that she doesn't want to know where her father is?
(a) She goes silent.
(b) She stomps off.
(c) She cries.
(d) She changes the subject.

13. "Da" is an Irish term for ____________.
(a) Father.
(b) Idiot.
(c) Beer.
(d) Buddy.

14. What does Mary say about her father?
(a) He is at home with a work injury.
(b) He disappeared years ago.
(c) He is dead.
(d) He will be coming to pick her up soon.

15. Mother claimed that Da made a __________ out of Young Charlie.
(a) show.
(b) sissy.
(c) man.
(d) fool.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Young Charlie do when he hears that he was adopted?

2. What is Young Charlie determined to do?

3. What is the name of the man Mother had loved?

4. How long has it been since Charlie and Oliver have seen each other?

5. What does Da ask Mary?

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