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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Da do before he turns lucid again?
(a) Sings an Irish song.
(b) Strips off all his clothes.
(c) Swears in French.
(d) Cries.

2. What does Charlie try to crush?
(a) Walnuts.
(b) A beer can.
(c) Ice.
(d) The spectacles sculpture.

3. Why is Mother in such a good mood in this memory?
(a) She had run into an old friend.
(b) She got some beautiful cabbages at the market.
(c) She bought a new dress.
(d) She got a letter from her sister.

4. Which of the following does Da not do at the end of the play?
(a) Follows Charlie out of the house.
(b) Sings an Irish song.
(c) Says that he'll keep up with Charlie.
(d) Cries for Mother.

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

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

7. What does Da comment about the papers Charlie is taking with him?
(a) How inconsequential they are.
(b) How important they are.
(c) How few he has.
(d) How private they are.

8. What does Da offer to Charlie?
(a) A cup of tea.
(b) Financial advice.
(c) A sandwich.
(d) Marital advice.

9. Which of the following does Drumm not say that Charlie has?
(a) Wife.
(b) Self-professed superior mind.
(c) Child.
(d) New car.

10. How old is Drumm when he appears in Act 2, Part 4?
(a) In his eighties.
(b) In his sixties.
(c) In his seventies.
(d) In his fifties.

11. What does Da do when Charlie cuts himself?
(a) Calls him stupid.
(b) Offers him a handkerchief.
(c) He does nothing.
(d) Gives him a bandage.

12. What memento does Mrs. Prynne give Charlie?
(a) A Faberge egg.
(b) A tiki head.
(c) A clump of fused sunglasses.
(d) A nautical paperweight.

13. How does Charlie say Mother will react to Da's legacy?
(a) She will want to go shopping right away.
(b) She will demand that it goes into savings.
(c) She will be thrilled.
(d) She will be angry that he got so little.

14. Why had Charlie sent the money to Da originally?
(a) After he escaped from the second nursing home.
(b) For a retirement gift.
(c) For a birthday gift.
(d) For a Father's Day gift.

15. What did Da do with the checks Charlie had sent him?
(a) Bought a new car.
(b) Escaped from two nursing homes.
(c) Bought a big screen TV.
(d) Bought an R.V.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long had Charlie been working at Drumm's when Young Charlie has a conversation with Drumm?

2. Who calls for Young Charlie at the beginning of Act 2, Part 3?

3. As a result of her father's death, Mrs. Prynne is _____________________.

4. What does Charlie call Da when he offers Charlie a handkerchief?

5. Which of the following does Da not say about the way he left this life?

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