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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. Why has Oliver stopped at Charlie's father's house?
(a) To return a shovel.
(b) To pick up mail.
(c) To borrow a lawn mower.
(d) To offer condolences.

2. What is the reason for Young Charlie's letter?
(a) Father's Day greeting.
(b) Declaration of love.
(c) Request to get married.
(d) Gratitude for a job offer.

3. How does Mary respond to Da's question?
(a) She tells him to mind his own business.
(b) She gets upset.
(c) She doesn't say anything.
(d) She laughs.

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

5. What does Mother tell Da to do with Young Charlie regarding the letter?
(a) Make him write another one.
(b) Make it longer.
(c) Mail it before he changes it again.
(d) Make it shorter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charlie tell Da about Mary?

2. What does Mary become in Young Charlie's eyes?

3. What is Young Charlie doing as Mother talks to him about her life?

4. What does Da say will happen to Charlie's birth mother if she ever shows up?

5. To whom is Young Charlie writing a letter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What begins to emerge about Da's character in Act 2, Part 2?

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

3. How does the play, DA, open?

4. How do Drumm and Charlie's parents disagree on the best place for Charlie to find a job?

5. What ulterior motive does Oliver have for coming to see Charlie after his Da died?

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

7. What has become of the spectacles sculpture?

8. Describe the fight between Charlie's parents after Mother runs into an old friend who is married to the man Mother had loved.

9. How does Act 2, Part 1 begin?

10. What is Da's legacy from the Master?

(see the answer keys)

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