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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What does Meg tell Mulleady as she chases him out?
(a) To leave.
(b) To get his rent money.
(c) To leave Miss Gilchrist alone.
(d) To clean his room.

3. Who speaks angrily to the characters?
(a) Two caretakers.
(b) Two soldiers.
(c) Two narrators.
(d) Two prostitutes.

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

5. Why does Mulleady become angry at Princess Grace?
(a) For not paying his rent.
(b) For being unkind to him.
(c) For entering the room before him.
(d) For telling on him.

6. Mulleady hurries in shouting for what?
(a) Meg's help.
(b) Monsewer's help.
(c) Pat's help.
(d) Teresa's help.

7. What do Meg and Teresa do when they see the British soldier in the doorway?
(a) They continue dancing.
(b) They stop dancing.
(c) They scream.
(d) They run to him.

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

9. Pat has a long history of disagreements with whom?
(a) The police.
(b) The IRA leadership.
(c) The French.
(d) The English.

10. What does Teresa promise?
(a) To do her job.
(b) To leave.
(c) To listen to Pat.
(d) To work hard and be serious.

11. What is revealed about Meg?
(a) She is a mother.
(b) She was an orphan.
(c) She lived in England.
(d) She was a spy.

12. This raucous comedy-drama tells the parallel stories of what two people?
(a) Prostitutes, one Irish and one British.
(b) Soldiers, one American and one German.
(c) Caretakers, one Irish and one British.
(d) Soldiers, one Irish and one British.

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

14. 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 she is a good housekeeper.
(d) Saying he knows Monsewer will sell it soon.

15. What does Pat promise to sing?
(a) A beautiful ballad.
(b) A raunchy pub song.
(c) A funny song.
(d) An Irish folk song.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Monsewer think about everyone who lives in the house?

2. How does Miss Gilchrist respond to angry inquiries about what her name means?

3. What does Pat bitterly say about their house?

4. Why can Mulleady not leave with Miss Gilchrist?

5. About what else do Meg and Pat argue?

(see the answer keys)

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