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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following do Charlie and Oliver not talk about?
(a) School subjects they liked.
(b) Movies they saw.
(c) Girls they dated.
(d) Expressions they used.

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

4. Where is Charlie as the play opens?
(a) Playing poker at the club.
(b) Sitting in his childhood home.
(c) Sleeping in bed.
(d) Drinking at the pub.

5. What does Young Charlie want to be in his letter?
(a) Heroic.
(b) Abrupt.
(c) Smart.
(d) Clever.

6. What had Drumm given Da a couple of weeks before Da died?
(a) Watch.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Money.
(d) Cigarettes.

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

8. What does Charlie feel keeps him from being successful?
(a) No ambition.
(b) Lack of education.
(c) Memories of Da.
(d) Bad luck.

9. 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 stomps off.
(c) She cries.
(d) She goes silent.

10. What is the reason for Young Charlie's letter?
(a) Request to get married.
(b) Gratitude for a job offer.
(c) Father's Day greeting.
(d) Declaration of love.

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

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

13. Which of the following does Charlie not tell Da?
(a) He is going to sort out Da's papers.
(b) He wants to live in Da's house.
(c) He has disposed of Da's belongings.
(d) He is going back to London.

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

15. What ritual does Da have trouble with?
(a) Shaving.
(b) Reading the paper.
(c) Ironing a shirt.
(d) Making tea.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the main character of DA?

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

3. What does Charlie's mother want Charlie to do before Drumm arrives?

4. Why does Mother think that Da ruined Young Charlie's chances for a job?

5. How does Adult Charlie realize his Mother and Da expressed their love?

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