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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Da hit in order to get out of one of the nursing homes?
(a) A nurse.
(b) Mother.
(c) Drumm.
(d) Charlie.

2. Where had Da gotten the money he left for Charlie?
(a) Charlie had sent it to him.
(b) He had a part time job.
(c) He saved his pension.
(d) He saved the Master's legacy money.

3. What did Charlie do with most of Da's papers?
(a) Filed them.
(b) Threw them away.
(c) Burned them.
(d) Shredded them.

4. Who does Charlie say is always bothering him?
(a) Young Charlie and Da.
(b) Da and Mother.
(c) Young Charlie and Mother.
(d) Young Charlie and Oliver.

5. What does Drumm reveal to Charlie?
(a) Drumm was in love with Charlie's Mother.
(b) Da wanted to be cremated.
(c) Da has left Charlie some money.
(d) Drumm has a terminal disease.

6. How long had Charlie been working at Drumm's when Young Charlie has a conversation with Drumm?
(a) Six months.
(b) Three years.
(c) Thirteen years.
(d) Fifteen years.

7. What does Da do when Mother says she always preferred Ernie to him?
(a) Slaps her.
(b) Cries.
(c) Screams at her.
(d) Raises his fist to hit her.

8. Who is sitting in the living room when Charlie gets home?
(a) Mary.
(b) Young Charlie.
(c) Mother.
(d) Da.

9. Where is Young Charlie going?
(a) Brussels.
(b) Madrid.
(c) Dublin.
(d) Vienna.

10. To whom does Da say he will give some of the legacy money?
(a) The church.
(b) Charlie.
(c) Drumm.
(d) Mother.

11. For what does Young Charlie berate Charlie when Da leaves to check on the razor blades?
(a) Not buying Da an electric razor.
(b) Not being around when Da got ill and died.
(c) Not taking Da to Mother's grave.
(d) Not telling Da he loved him.

12. What does Drumm give Charlie that had belonged to Da?
(a) A set of golf clubs.
(b) His tools.
(c) An old jacket.
(d) The fused spectacles.

13. What does Da rifle through?
(a) Charlie's briefcase.
(b) The kitchen cupboards.
(c) The magazines on a table.
(d) His sock drawer.

14. How old is the woman who appears to Young Charlie in Act 2, Part 2?
(a) Middle-aged.
(b) Thirty-five.
(c) Late Sixties.
(d) Early Twenties.

15. To where had Charlie wanted to move Da when he was ill?
(a) Vienna.
(b) London.
(c) Brussels.
(d) Bristol.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of death do Da and Charlie say that Mother died?

2. With whom had Charlie had a conversation about moving Da when he was ill?

3. Why is Charlie going away?

4. Which of the following does Da not do at the end of the play?

5. What was the only thing Young Charlie could give Da for Christmas one year?

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