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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 had the doctor said when Young Charlie was born?
(a) He almost died.
(b) He wouldn't amount to much.
(c) He had the biggest head he ever saw on a baby.
(d) He was healthy as a horse.

2. Which of the following do Charlie and Oliver not talk about?
(a) Expressions they used.
(b) Girls they dated.
(c) School subjects they liked.
(d) Movies they saw.

3. What does Young Charlie do when he hears that he was adopted?
(a) Throws a vase against the wall.
(b) Beats on his Mother.
(c) Screams.
(d) Runs out of the house.

4. To whom is Young Charlie writing a letter?
(a) Priest.
(b) Girlfriend.
(c) Friends.
(d) Da.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the young woman who appears with Charlie in Act 1, Part 3?

2. What does Young Charlie want to be in his letter?

3. How long has it been since Charlie and Oliver have seen each other?

4. Which of the following does Drumm not say about Da?

5. Why did all the boys want to be with Mary?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Charlie learn about himself and the things for which he always blamed Da?

4. Explain the metaphor of Charlie's hurting himself on the glasses sculpture.

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

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

7. How does Act 2, Part 4 end?

8. How does the subject of Charlie's birth mother come up in Act 1, Part 4?

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

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

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