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

2. What does Mary tell Young Charlie after Da leaves?
(a) He's nosy.
(b) He's a great guy.
(c) He's an idiot.
(d) He's senile.

3. Who is Oliver?
(a) Charlie's son.
(b) Charlie's boss.
(c) Charlie's friend.
(d) Drumm's father-in-law.

4. What does Charlie say that Da had been for all of Charlie's life?
(a) A blessing.
(b) A real inspiration.
(c) A millstone.
(d) A nuisance.

5. Da appears and says that if there were room in his grave, he would _____________________.
(a) roll over in it.
(b) juggle.
(c) dance.
(d) play solitaire.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Charlie says that he's more afraid of _____________ than he is of the devil.

3. Charlie comments that Young Charlie never _________________.

4. Young Charlie tells Charlie that Mother and Da always _____________ around Drumm.

5. What is Young Charlie determined to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Young Charlie make his first appearance in the play?

3. How long has it been since Charlie and Oliver have seen each other and what do they talk about?

4. How does Da make his first appearance in the play?

5. How does Da change the course of Charlie's overtures toward Mary?

6. How does Charlie end the encounter with Mary?

7. How does Mary change in Charlie's eyes?

8. Describe the conversation Charlie had with Da when Da was in his final days, suffering from dementia.

9. What does the melted sunglasses sculpture symbolize?

10. Describe Young Charlie's romantic overtures toward Mary.

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