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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can Mulleady not leave with Miss Gilchrist?
(a) His things are still in his room.
(b) He does not want to leave.
(c) He has not paid his rent.
(d) He works at the house.

2. What circumstances do Meg and Pat discuss?
(a) How horrible Monsewer's mother was.
(b) The manipulative circumstances of the treaty's signing.
(c) The circumstances by which they came to work at this boarding house.
(d) Monsewer's move to Ireland as a child.

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

4. What do they do when music comes on the radio?
(a) They turn off the radio.
(b) They laugh.
(c) They sing.
(d) They dance.

5. How does Teresa feel about Monsewer?
(a) Contempt.
(b) Uncertainty.
(c) Shame.
(d) Love.

6. What does Pat promise Teresa if she can keep her mouth shut?
(a) She can have whatever she wants.
(b) She can have a home there the rest of her life.
(c) She will not be charged rent the next month.
(d) She will not be put in jail.

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

8. What does Pat bitterly say about their house?
(a) It once was his and Meg's home.
(b) It once was beautiful and well-kept.
(c) It once housed so many noble fighters and is now little more than a brothel.
(d) It once was run properly.

9. What is Miss Gilchrist heard doing?
(a) Singing.
(b) Laughing.
(c) Speaking.
(d) Screaming.

10. This person who will soon be arriving is what?
(a) The first of many prisoners.
(b) A kind man.
(c) An Irish soldier.
(d) The only man of his kind.

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

12. When does the Soldier say those who are parted will all be brought together?
(a) When they die.
(b) When they are destroyed by the H-bomb.
(c) When they move to England.
(d) When they choose peace.

13. On what does Pat insist from the officer?
(a) A bonus check.
(b) A letter of recommendation.
(c) An award.
(d) Rent in advance.

14. Pat comments that when he first arrived, Monsewer spoke nothing but what?
(a) Irish.
(b) French.
(c) Spanish.
(d) German.

15. The Officer says the prisoner will be arriving soon but what?
(a) He will be very disagreeable.
(b) They have not actually captured him yet.
(c) He is injured.
(d) He may not be the only one.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Meg and Teresa do when they see the British soldier in the doorway?

2. What does Meg tearfully tell him?

3. What does Monsewer think about Irish martyrs?

4. Mulleady hurries in shouting for what?

5. When she is gone, what does Monsewer tell Pat?

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