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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Paddy say Midred's father is making money?
(a) South Africa.
(b) The Congo.
(c) Wall Street.
(d) Fleet Street.

2. What does Long say the engineers were exhibiting them like?
(a) Slaves.
(b) Cattle.
(c) Monkeys.
(d) Artifacts.

3. What does Yank say he can breathe and swallow?
(a) Coal dust.
(b) Sea air.
(c) Smoke fumes.
(d) Fossil fuels.

4. What does Mildred say age makes a person?
(a) Mellow.
(b) Daft.
(c) Hateful.
(d) Naive.

5. How does Yank pronounce the word think?
(a) Fink.
(b) Thank.
(c) Tank.
(d) Tink.

6. What are all the men in the fireman's forecastle dressed in?
(a) Jeans.
(b) Dungarees.
(c) Boiler suits.
(d) Tracksuits.

7. What does Mildred call her aunt before she leaves?
(a) Poser.
(b) Slug.
(c) Horse chops.
(d) Old hag.

8. What animal do the men say the dirt will make spot on Yank like?
(a) A dalmation.
(b) A zebra.
(c) A leopard.
(d) A cougar.

9. Which of Paddy's words do the men repeat?
(a) Fallen.
(b) Girl.
(c) Love.
(d) Blue.

10. What does Paddy say is broke?
(a) His will.
(b) His legs.
(c) His back.
(d) His heart.

11. What is Yank's nickname for Paddy?
(a) Jack.
(b) Sing-song.
(c) Mr. Whiskey.
(d) Harp.

12. What does Yank say he will do to Mildred?
(a) Bust her face open.
(b) Tear her stomach open.
(c) Wipe off her smile.
(d) Rip the plum from her mouth.

13. What does the author say the bodies of the men shine with?
(a) Soap.
(b) Laughter.
(c) Oil.
(d) Sweat.

14. What does Paddy say the engineer was pointing at them like?
(a) A professor in a musuem.
(b) A spaceman on Mars.
(c) A slavedriver on a plantation.
(d) A man in a circus.

15. What kind of food does Mildred say her aunt reminds her of?
(a) Biscuits and gravy.
(b) Bread dripping.
(c) Steak and kidney pie.
(d) A cold pork pudding.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mildred study at university?

2. How does O'Neill describe Mildred's aunt?

3. What does Paddy do while Yank delivers his speech?

4. What does Mildred see swirling against the sky?

5. What does Mildred tell the second engineer she dislikes?

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