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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the final sounds from in The Chairs?
(a) The boats arriving.
(b) The doorbell ringing.
(c) The invisible audience.
(d) The train arriving.

2. The old man in the Chairs claims, "all my enemies have been ____ and all my friends have betrayed me."
(a) Rewarded.
(b) Heralded.
(c) Killed.
(d) Vanquished.

3. In what business was Grandfather Jack in Jack, or The Submission?
(a) The mail business.
(b) Secret service.
(c) The Royal Navy.
(d) The grocery business.

4. Who calls Jack a "Kangareen" in Jack, or The Submission?
(a) Father Jack.
(b) Mother Jack.
(c) Grandfather Jack.
(d) Jacqueline.

5. According to the old woman, how many children did the old man and old woman have in The Chairs?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

6. In The Chairs, how old is the old man?
(a) 90.
(b) 85.
(c) 95.
(d) 75.

7. In The Chairs, the old man says, "I wanted to cross the ____, and there were no more _____."
(a) Oceans.
(b) Pyrenees.
(c) Alps.
(d) Plains.

8. What does Mother Jack do to Roberta when she enters?
(a) Chokes her.
(b) Shakes her hand.
(c) Shakes her.
(d) Sniffs her.

9. From what is the bad smell, according to the old woman in The Chairs?
(a) Stagnant water.
(b) Mildewed towels.
(c) A dead person.
(d) A dead rat.

10. Who smacks Grandfather Jack in Jack, or The Submission?
(a) Jack.
(b) Grandmother Jack.
(c) Mother Jack.
(d) Father Jack.

11. How many does the old man tell the colonel he killed at war in The Chairs?
(a) 300.
(b) 100.
(c) 450.
(d) 209.

12. What city does the old man in The Chairs say collapsed?
(a) Rome.
(b) Greece.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.

13. What did Mother Jack teach Jack to do when he wanted to be stung as a child?
(a) Catch bees.
(b) Rub his knees with honey.
(c) Rub his knees with nettles.
(d) Drink milk.

14. What does Jack say which causes his family to rush into his room with joy?
(a) "I am an unworthy pig!"
(b) "I adore hashed brown potatoes!"
(c) "I love you--please come back!"
(d) "I'm going to the diner!"

15. What word does Mother Jack say always makes her weep?
(a) Goodness.
(b) Heart.
(c) Jacket.
(d) Marriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who taught Jack to roll his r's?

2. What does Father Robert comment about Roberta's feet?

3. Who in Jack, or The Submission mostly just sings?

4. What does Jack's father do to him early in Jack, or The Submission?

5. What does Jack's mother call him in the beginning of Jack, or The Submission?

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