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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ed make mention of, which incidentally is also what Orton's lover overdoses on?
(a) Nembutal.
(b) Sleeping pills.
(c) Vallium.
(d) Morphine.

2. Where does Sloane invite Kath to go with him in Act One?
(a) To visit his parents' grave.
(b) To go to the corner pub.
(c) To go to the seashore.
(d) To go to London.

3. Which character says, "You've seen the milkman before. That's no cause to throw the shears at him"?
(a) Ed.
(b) Kath.
(c) Kemp.
(d) Sloane.

4. What is the setting at the opening of the play?
(a) The lounge.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The restroom.
(d) The bedroom.

5. Which character says, "I could still identify you"?
(a) Kath.
(b) Martha.
(c) Ed.
(d) Kemp.

6. What is knocked to the floor at the end of Act One?
(a) The nightgown.
(b) The photographs.
(c) The knitting.
(d) The lamp.

7. What does Kath ask Sloane to do before bandaging him?
(a) Take his trousers off.
(b) Lie down on the floor.
(c) Take his shirt off.
(d) Bend over.

8. Which character says, "I had a boy... killed in very sad circumstances"?
(a) Kath.
(b) Kemp.
(c) Sloane.
(d) Ed.

9. What does Kath bring to stop the settee from being stained?
(a) A sponge.
(b) A pair of stockings.
(c) A piece of silk.
(d) A cotton cloth.

10. What does Kemp say he witnesses his son engaged in when he is 17?
(a) Stealing money.
(b) Taking drugs.
(c) Some kind of felony in the bedroom.
(d) Sleeping with a girl.

11. What does Kath change into for the end of Act One?
(a) A dowdy nightgown.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A dress.
(d) A see-through negligee.

12. How long is Kemp not on speaking terms with his son?
(a) Five years.
(b) Fifteen years.
(c) Twenty years.
(d) Ten years.

13. How long is Kath actually married?
(a) Six months.
(b) One year.
(c) Ten years.
(d) She isn't.

14. How many cars does Ed own?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

15. Why does Kath say she can't ask Dadda to do any work involving ladders?
(a) He has trouble with his eyes.
(b) He is in a wheelchair.
(c) He is afraid of heights.
(d) He is deaf.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Kath say that Sloane is almost the same age as?

2. Where does Sloane say Kemp should be?

3. What feature does Kath remark upon while bandaging him?

4. What does Kath bring out to show Sloane at the end of Act One?

5. What topic does Ed seem rather interested in during his first conversation with Sloane?

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