View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Monsewer comes in, checking with Pat to make sure about what?
(a) His breakfast has been prepared.
(b) Preparations have been made for the arrival of the soldiers and their prisoner.
(c) The boarding house is full.
(d) All rent money has been paid.

2. After Mulleady goes, about what does Meg complain?
(a) How she purposely folded his shirts incorrectly.
(b) She is tired of her job.
(c) How annoying he is.
(d) They will allow anybody to live there.

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is Monsewer doing as he comes in?
(a) Arguing with Meg over the dinner menu.
(b) Asking about the room being prepared for the soldier.
(c) Blowing the first few notes of his song on the bagpipes.
(d) Singing a sad lament.

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

10. What takes place suddenly in this story?
(a) Violence, music, and humor.
(b) Music.
(c) Violence.
(d) Gun shots.

11. Why had Teresa left a convent?
(a) She fell in love with one of the nuns.
(b) She did not find herself attractive in a habit.
(c) She had fallen in love with a student priest.
(d) She had decided against becoming a nun.

12. What does Pat say is ready for their "visitor?"
(a) Nothing.
(b) Everything.
(c) His dinner.
(d) His room.

13. Why does Mulleady say Colette should not have to service the Polish sailor?
(a) He is a Pole.
(b) He is a Communist.
(c) He is a stranger.
(d) He is a member of the IRA.

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

15. After saying she will pray for everyone, what does Miss Gilchrist do?
(a) She begins to laugh.
(b) She kneels down to pray.
(c) She sits on the couch.
(d) She leaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the story begin?

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

3. Pat salutes him, sees he has something important to talk about, and tells Meg to do what?

4. What does Meg say to Mulleady's complaint?

5. Why are they both captured and held hostage?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 602 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample