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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. As he comes in, the Soldier does what?
(a) Sings an Irish tune.
(b) Sings a song about how good it is to be on earth.
(c) Dances an Irish jig.
(d) Says, "Long live the Queen!"

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

4. What do Pat, Meg, and Monsewer discuss?
(a) How beautiful the French language is.
(b) The merits of Irish versus English.
(c) The good qualities of the English.
(d) How strange Monsewer is.

5. Why does Meg feel betrayed?
(a) She has covered his rent before and does not want to do it again.
(b) She wanted to meet the prisoner first.
(c) After all she has done for him, he turns out to be a spy.
(d) After everything she said and did to defend Mulleady when he ran away with the church funds.

6. When he is finished, he and Meg talk further about what?
(a) How strong and powerful is the IRA.
(b) How the IRA continued to fight even after the treaty was signed.
(c) How horrible a place England must be.
(d) How beautiful Ireland is.

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

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

9. What is the IRA?
(a) Iranian Republican Army.
(b) Iranian Ruling Army.
(c) Irish Regency Army.
(d) Irish Republican Army.

10. Of what is Pat afraid, regarding the IRA's cause?
(a) They will be too powerful.
(b) The British will not be able to overpower them.
(c) Their weapons are outdated.
(d) The will of the IRA is not strong enough.

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

12. What serves as a transition into the first scene?
(a) A blast of bagpipes.
(b) A gunshot.
(c) A loud noise.
(d) A scream.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Teresa insist will be a shame?

2. Meg comes back in. About what do she and Pat argue?

3. Mulleady hurries in shouting for what?

4. This story explores themes relating to what?

5. What does Meg tell Mulleady as she chases him out?

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