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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. Where does Charlie's birth mother work?
(a) At a cafe.
(b) At a factory.
(c) At the school.
(d) At the lighthouse.

2. What name does Mary call Young Charlie?
(a) Daddy's Little Baby.
(b) Son of a Bitch.
(c) Bastard.
(d) Daddy's Boy.

3. Where was Charlie when his father died?
(a) Bristol.
(b) Dublin.
(c) London.
(d) Manchester.

4. "Da" is an Irish term for ____________.
(a) Idiot.
(b) Buddy.
(c) Beer.
(d) Father.

5. What does Mary say she will do with Young Charlie?
(a) Study.
(b) Go to church.
(c) Go out with him.
(d) Ride bikes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mother do when Young Charlie runs away?

2. What does Oliver ask Charlie before leaving?

3. Charlie confronts Da, asking why he hadn't ever ____________________.

4. Who has recently died?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. It has been presented that maybe Charlie had not been interested in caring for his dying father. How is that perception changed in this act?

2. What does Da do when he appears the second time in the scene?

3. How does Act 2, Part 2 end?

4. Why does Charlie consider Da to be a millstone around his neck?

5. What advice does Drumm give Young Charlie on the job he offers him?

6. What is the nature of the letter Young Charlie is writing and why does his mother not like it?

7. What does Charlie learn about how his parents came to be married?

8. What is the main theme of the play and how is it exhibited for Charlie?

9. What does it mean that Charlie doesn't talk to his Mother like he does to Da and Young Charlie?

10. To what realization about love does Charlie arrive?

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