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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who takes the letter from Young Charlie?
(a) Mother.
(b) Drumm.
(c) Oliver.
(d) Da.

2. Where does Drumm ask Young Charlie to go with him?
(a) For a walk.
(b) To the pub.
(c) To the office.
(d) To a rugby game.

3. Why does Mother not like Young Charlie's letter?
(a) The language is too extravagant.
(b) It is too short.
(c) The language is insincere.
(d) It is too long.

4. What is Young Charlie doing as Mother talks to him about her life?
(a) Peeling potatoes.
(b) Playing solitaire.
(c) Writing a letter.
(d) Watching TV.

5. To whom is Young Charlie writing a letter?
(a) Priest.
(b) Friends.
(c) Da.
(d) Girlfriend.

6. What does Drumm advise Young Charlie not to talk about to anyone?
(a) His adoption.
(b) His parents.
(c) His medical condition.
(d) His grades.

7. Charlie confronts Da, asking why he hadn't ever ____________________.
(a) divorced Mother.
(b) gone back to church.
(c) stopped Mother.
(d) remarried.

8. In what country does DA take place?
(a) Wales.
(b) England.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Scotland.

9. Why has Oliver stopped at Charlie's father's house?
(a) To offer condolences.
(b) To borrow a lawn mower.
(c) To pick up mail.
(d) To return a shovel.

10. Why does Mother take the letter?
(a) To tear it up.
(b) To rewrite it.
(c) To burn it.
(d) To mail it.

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

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

13. Da begged for a job to get money for __________________.
(a) Mother's medical bills.
(b) rent.
(c) food.
(d) clothes for Young Charlie.

14. What does Mother do when Young Charlie runs away?
(a) Clears the tea dishes.
(b) Cries herself to sleep.
(c) Runs after him.
(d) Calls the police.

15. Who does Charlie say told him that what Da said about Charlie's birth mother wasn't true?
(a) His aunt.
(b) Drumm.
(c) His adoptive mother.
(d) Oliver.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary tell Young Charlie after Da leaves?

2. The last thing Young Charlie wanted was ______________________.

3. What does Charlie say that Da had been for all of Charlie's life?

4. Which of the following does Drumm not say about Da?

5. Young Charlie's birth mother __________________.

(see the answer keys)

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