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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Pat and Meg talk briefly about when Monsewer leaves?
(a) The prostitutes in the house.
(b) One of the tenants Monsewer brought into the house.
(c) The boarding house's expenses.
(d) How well he runs the house.

2. After a brief argument what does Mulleady do?
(a) He gets a shirt from Meg.
(b) He goes without his shirt.
(c) He goes to buy a new shirt.
(d) He refolds his shirts.

3. What do Meg and Pat say Monsewer studied?
(a) Spanish history and language.
(b) Irish history and language.
(c) German history and language.
(d) French history and language.

4. Pat salutes him, sees he has something important to talk about, and tells Meg to do what?
(a) Leave.
(b) Plug her ears.
(c) Begin cooking dinner.
(d) Sweep the steps.

5. Pat comes back in with Monsewer and Meg tells him what?
(a) That the prisoner's room is prepared.
(b) What is happening to the Irish prisoner.
(c) What is happening to the British prisoner.
(d) That dinner is ready.

6. How does the officer quote a leader of the IRA?
(a) A good man is hard to find.
(b) A noble cause must be served by noble men.
(c) A leopard cannot change its spots.
(d) A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

7. What ironic comment does Pat make, regarding what Monsewar has told him?
(a) How great it is the IRA is fighting again.
(b) How he wishes the IRA would fight again.
(c) How wonderful it is to be British.
(d) How sad it is that the IRA is fighting again.

8. Why does Meg tell Teresa to stop thinking about this person's fate?
(a) She does not want to think about his fate.
(b) There is no need to mourn him before it becomes necessary.
(c) She does not care about this person.
(d) It will only make her worry more.

9. What bad pun does Teresa make?
(a) She calls a French cigarette, a Gauloise, a gollywog.
(b) She calls French fries, pommes frites, pomegranate fries.
(c) She calls French bread, a bagette, a bagel.
(d) She calls French candy, bon bons, bonnie bons.

10. Why do Meg and Teresa enter the scene at this point?
(a) To make the bed ready.
(b) To check on the Prisoner.
(c) To speak to the Officer.
(d) To make sure Pat is alright.

11. About what does Mulleady complain, regarding his shirts?
(a) His shirts are all discolored or torn.
(b) He has no new shirts.
(c) Meg has not given him back the shirts he gave her to be laundered.
(d) Meg has not folded them properly.

12. How does Pat try to reassure her?
(a) Saying she is nothing like the merciless prostitutes and thieves he really meant.
(b) Saying it will be their home again soon.
(c) Saying he knows Monsewer will sell it soon.
(d) Saying she is a good housekeeper.

13. How did Monsewer choose his title?
(a) He grew tired of his name.
(b) He wanted nothing to do with anything English such as the title "mister."
(c) He wanted to sound sophisticated.
(d) He wishes he were French.

14. Who are the caretakers?
(a) Monsewer and Teresa.
(b) Meg and Teresa.
(c) Teresa and Pat.
(d) Meg and Pat.

15. When the sailor shows a handful of notes, what do Meg and Pat comment?
(a) Money means nothing when one is a Communist.
(b) No amount of money can persuade them.
(c) They do not want his dirty money.
(d) Money is the best religion and the best form of politics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Pat and the Officer go out?

2. Why are they both captured and held hostage?

3. Pat has a long history of disagreements with whom?

4. Why does Mulleady say Colette should not have to service the Polish sailor?

5. The Officer says the prisoner will be arriving soon but what?

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