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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 Drumm advise Young Charlie not to talk about to anyone?
(a) His medical condition.
(b) His grades.
(c) His parents.
(d) His adoption.

2. What job does Charlie's birth mother do?
(a) Cook.
(b) Laborer.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Sales person.

3. Who does Charlie say told him that what Da said about Charlie's birth mother wasn't true?
(a) Drumm.
(b) Oliver.
(c) His adoptive mother.
(d) His aunt.

4. What does Da ask Mary?
(a) If she goes to church regularly.
(b) If she wants to have dinner at their house.
(c) What kind of grades she gets.
(d) Where her father is.

5. Why does Mother think that Da ruined Young Charlie's chances for a job?
(a) He refused to give him a reference.
(b) He gave Young Charlie beer before his interview.
(c) He talked too much about Hitler in front of Drumm.
(d) He was late in taking Young Charlie to his interview.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mother not like Young Charlie's letter?

2. Who appears with Charlie at the beginning of Act 1, Part 3?

3. In the first memory of Act 1, Part 4 what childhood memory does Charlie have?

4. Where does Charlie's birth mother work?

5. What does Mary do when Young Charlie puts his hand on her knee?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Act 2, Part 2 end?

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

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

5. What is the significance of the dementia scene with Charlie and Da?

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

7. What does Young Charlie represent for Charlie?

8. Why do Oliver's plans differ from Charlie's once Charlie sees Mary sitting on a bench reading?

9. 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?

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

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