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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 habit does Ed have?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Speaking in the third person.
(c) Smoking.
(d) Tapping his fingers.

2. What is Kemp's position for his former boss?
(a) Shopkeeper.
(b) General handyman.
(c) Accountant.
(d) Bodyguard.

3. What does Kemp do during his first conversation with Sloane?
(a) Writes a letter.
(b) Toasts crumpets.
(c) Makes tea.
(d) Smokes a cigarette.

4. On what street is Sloane's old flat?
(a) Hilary's Crescent.
(b) Windham Earl.
(c) Johnston Fuller.
(d) Burberry Flats.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kemp say he witnesses his son engaged in when he is 17?

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

3. Who is sent to get Sloane's suitcase?

4. How old is Kath?

5. Where does Sloane ask if he meets Kemp before?

Short Essay Questions

1. At which point in Act Three does Sloane lose the upper hand?

2. Why does Ed want Sloane to move in with him? What are the "surface reasons" as well as the implications through subtext?

3. At which point in Act Three does Sloane panic completely, given his circumstances?

4. Where is the play set? What is the house like? Where is it?

5. What clues lead Ed to suspect Sloane of taking the car out?

6. How is this play similar to Theatre of the Absurd?

7. Why does Ed tell Kath that Kemp is going to be all right?

8. What is Ed's response to Kath keeping a lodger in the house? Why?

9. What does Kemp say his boss does? What is his position?

10. What story does Sloane tell Ed to convince him to allow him another chance in Act Three?

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