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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Young Charlie decide to do instead of going out with Mary?
(a) Help his Mother with chores.
(b) Have a few beers at the pub.
(c) Meet Oliver at the pool hall.
(d) Play cards with some buddies.

2. Why does Mother think that Da ruined Young Charlie's chances for a job?
(a) He gave Young Charlie beer before his interview.
(b) He talked too much about Hitler in front of Drumm.
(c) He refused to give him a reference.
(d) He was late in taking Young Charlie to his interview.

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

4. What does Oliver ask Charlie before leaving?
(a) If he wants to play cards.
(b) If he wants to come over for dinner.
(c) If he wants to go out for a beer.
(d) If he can help him get Da's house.

5. Which of the following did Da not do while courting Mother?
(a) Brought her flowers.
(b) Came to her house.
(c) Said he wanted to marry her.
(d) Said he had a good job.

6. What is the theme of DA as dramatized in Act 1, Part 1?
(a) Once a loser, always a loser.
(b) Love your parents before they die.
(c) There is no escaping the past.
(d) Beer and women should always be warm.

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

8. What name does Mary call Young Charlie?
(a) Bastard.
(b) Daddy's Boy.
(c) Son of a Bitch.
(d) Daddy's Little Baby.

9. Charlie recalls when Drumm had come to give him _______________.
(a) driving lessons.
(b) some football tickets.
(c) a new coat.
(d) a job reference.

10. Who appears with Charlie at the beginning of Act 1, Part 3?
(a) His former wife.
(b) A priest.
(c) A young woman.
(d) His birth mother.

11. What cannot be said about Da after this scene with Mary?
(a) He was open hearted.
(b) He was chatty.
(c) He was vindictive.
(d) He was friendly.

12. Da reappears and talks about the funeral and _________________.
(a) Charlie's suit.
(b) the neighbors.
(c) the Prime Minister.
(d) the weather.

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

14. What does Mother reveal to Drumm which is overheard by Young Charlie?
(a) Young Charlie has a terminal illness.
(b) Young Charlie is being sent back to his birth parents.
(c) Young Charlie was adopted.
(d) Young Charlie is not bright enough to go to college.

15. Which of the following was not a big part of Da's life?
(a) Praying.
(b) Working.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Playing cards.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Da say will happen to Charlie's birth mother if she ever shows up?

2. What does Da say when Charlie tells him he loves him?

3. What had the doctor said when Young Charlie was born?

4. What does Charlie remind Young Charlie about Drumm?

5. Which of the following does Charlie not tell Da?

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