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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mother reveal to Drumm which is overheard by Young Charlie?
(a) Young Charlie was adopted.
(b) Young Charlie is not bright enough to go to college.
(c) Young Charlie has a terminal illness.
(d) Young Charlie is being sent back to his birth parents.

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

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

4. As an adult, Charlie angrily says that he shouldn't love Da because he ______________.
(a) is a liar.
(b) let him down too many times.
(c) cheated on his mother.
(d) betrayed him.

5. What does Mary say about her father?
(a) He will be coming to pick her up soon.
(b) He disappeared years ago.
(c) He is dead.
(d) He is at home with a work injury.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reason for Young Charlie's letter?

2. Why doesn't Young Charlie make a very good impression with Drumm?

3. Who does Charlie say told him that what Da said about Charlie's birth mother wasn't true?

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

5. What does Mother explain to Young Charlie about her life?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has become of the spectacles sculpture?

2. How does the author use the lighthouse as a metaphor in this scene?

3. How does Act 2, Part 4 end?

4. How does the play, DA, open?

5. Who is Mrs. Prynne and why has she come to see Da in Act 2, Part 2?

6. Describe the accusations that fly between Charlie and Young Charlie.

7. Describe how Da and Mother say goodbye to Young Charlie.

8. How does the author use foreshadowing regarding the razor blades Charlie gave to Da for Christmas one year?

9. What does Young Charlie represent for Charlie?

10. What charges does Young Charlie level at Adult Charlie about the way his life turned out?

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