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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) London.
(b) Manchester.
(c) Dublin.
(d) Bristol.
2. Where does Drumm suggest that Da and Mother send Young Charlie?
(a) America.
(b) Boarding school.
(c) College.
(d) England.
3. What question does Charlie ask himself about his Mother?
(a) Why she never loved him.
(b) Why she married Da.
(c) Why she adopted him.
(d) Why she never drinks beer.
4. What does Charlie's mother want Charlie to do before Drumm arrives?
(a) Change his shirt.
(b) Brush his teeth.
(c) Take a shower.
(d) Wash his hair.
5. To whom is Young Charlie writing a letter?
(a) Girlfriend.
(b) Da.
(c) Priest.
(d) Friends.
6. What does Da say when Charlie tells him he loves him?
(a) Back at you, son.
(b) Of course you do.
(c) Why shouldn't you?
(d) And I'm glad of it.
7. How does Mary respond to Da's question?
(a) She doesn't say anything.
(b) She laughs.
(c) She tells him to mind his own business.
(d) She gets upset.
8. Drumm's visit with Young Charlie is essentially _____________________.
(a) a job interview.
(b) a waste of time.
(c) a done deal.
(d) a nuisance.
9. Who does Charlie say told him that what Da said about Charlie's birth mother wasn't true?
(a) His aunt.
(b) Drumm.
(c) Oliver.
(d) His adoptive mother.
10. What does Charlie say that Da had been for all of Charlie's life?
(a) A nuisance.
(b) A blessing.
(c) A real inspiration.
(d) A millstone.
11. What does Mary do after she says that she doesn't want to know where her father is?
(a) She stomps off.
(b) She goes silent.
(c) She cries.
(d) She changes the subject.
12. What is the reason for Young Charlie's letter?
(a) Gratitude for a job offer.
(b) Declaration of love.
(c) Father's Day greeting.
(d) Request to get married.
13. Da tells Charlie that he never told him _______________.
(a) a lie.
(b) about his birth mother.
(c) about sex.
(d) he loved him.
14. Da appears and says that if there were room in his grave, he would _____________________.
(a) roll over in it.
(b) dance.
(c) juggle.
(d) play solitaire.
15. What had the doctor said when Young Charlie was born?
(a) He wouldn't amount to much.
(b) He almost died.
(c) He had the biggest head he ever saw on a baby.
(d) He was healthy as a horse.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Mary become in Young Charlie's eyes?
2. Why doesn't Young Charlie make a very good impression with Drumm?
3. Which of the following does Mary not do when Charlie rebuffs her?
4. What does Da tell adult Charlie about a particular cliff?
5. What name does Mary call Young Charlie?
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