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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Da think after he receives the legacy?
(a) The good things he received while the Master was alive.
(b) How sorry he is that he worked for the Master for so long.
(c) How cheap the old bastard was.
(d) How the cook got more money than he did.

2. Why is Charlie going away?
(a) To get married.
(b) To start a job.
(c) To go to college.
(d) To visit friends.

3. What is "an Irishwoman's death"?
(a) While drinking tea.
(b) While praying.
(c) While peeling potatoes.
(d) While singing.

4. To whom is Mother's old friend married?
(a) Eric.
(b) Evan.
(c) Eddie.
(d) Ernie.

5. Charlie says that Da was always ______________.
(a) loyal.
(b) funny.
(c) cheap.
(d) loving.

6. Which of the following does Da not say about the way he left this life?
(a) He didn't die poor like so many others.
(b) He had enjoyed himself.
(c) He died longing to go to America.
(d) He left money behind.

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

8. Where had Mother taken the glasses?
(a) The junk yard.
(b) The antiques shop.
(c) The pawnshop.
(d) The optometrist's shop.

9. What does Charlie call Da when he offers Charlie a handkerchief?
(a) Sentimental.
(b) Ignorant.
(c) Gentle.
(d) Practical.

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

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 telling Da he loved him.
(c) Not taking Da to Mother's grave.
(d) Not being around when Da got ill and died.

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

13. What is Da's job with Mrs. Prynne?
(a) Gardener.
(b) Butler.
(c) Chef.
(d) Chauffeur.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To where had Charlie wanted to move Da when he was ill?

2. What is Charlie's mood after Drumm gives him the money and the glasses?

3. What does Young Charlie call Mrs. Prynne?

4. What did Charlie do that made Drumm never speak to him at work again?

5. In the memory, Drumm chastises Young Charlie for __________________.

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