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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Soldier try to convince Meg to ask the Officer?
(a) When he will be executed.
(b) When breakfast will be.
(c) Why he was kidnapped.
(d) If he will be freed.

2. How does the Soldier not want to ruin his time with Teresa?
(a) By singing.
(b) By arguing.
(c) By talking about him.
(d) By listening to her talk.

3. Why is the Irish prisoner in jail?
(a) He stole from the British government.
(b) He shot a British police officer.
(c) He was acting as a spy.
(d) He did nothing.

4. What do Teresa and the Soldier hear?
(a) A scream.
(b) Laughter.
(c) A gunshot.
(d) A clock strike in the town.

5. About what does Meg taunt Pat?
(a) Having bad luck.
(b) Being angry and resentful of the young IRA soldiers.
(c) Being a grumpy old man.
(d) Having only one leg.

6. What crude comment does Meg make to Miss Gilchrist?
(a) Miss Gilchrist's only principle is her relationship with Mulleady.
(b) Miss Gilchrist loves the Bible for its dirty stories.
(c) Miss Gilchrist only wants to be saved by Mulleady.
(d) Miss Gilchrist is only interested in worshipping Mulleady.

7. How does Pat respond when the Officer asks if Teresa can be trusted?
(a) Pat says she cannot be trusted.
(b) Pat hopes she can be trusted.
(c) Pat assures him that she can be trusted.
(d) Pat is not sure she can be trusted.

8. What does the Soldier realize that he has in common with the Irish soldier?
(a) They are from the same town.
(b) They are the same age.
(c) They are related.
(d) They are both Irish.

9. How does the Soldier reply when Pat says he needs to sing something less patriotic?
(a) He does not want to sing anything else.
(b) He only knows patriotic tunes.
(c) He cannot think of anything else.
(d) He would rather not sing.

10. When Monsewer comes in with Pat, what are they discussing?
(a) When he will play the bagpipes again.
(b) How well he plays the badpipes.
(c) How badly he played but that his playing will be better in the morning.
(d) What is for dinner.

11. What does Teresa do as Pat sits on the bed?
(a) She peaks through the window.
(b) She giggles from the closet.
(c) She gasps from behind the door.
(d) She yells as the mattress sinks onto her.

12. Meg appears, looking for whom?
(a) Princess Grace.
(b) Pat.
(c) Teresa.
(d) The Officer.

13. What does Teresa give the Soldier?
(a) A Bible.
(b) A sacred medallion of the Virgin Mary.
(c) A hug.
(d) A crucifix.

14. Over what do the characters argue?
(a) Which side is right.
(b) What to have for dinner.
(c) What should be done to the Irish prisoner.
(d) Why the Irish prisoner did what he did.

15. How do the others respond when the Soldier asks whether any of the others would let him free?
(a) Everyone says they would free him.
(b) No one will free him.
(c) Teresa, alone, said she would free him.
(d) No one responds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Officer do after Pat calls him?

2. Describe the song the Soldier sings.

3. As Miss Gilchrist takes a drink to the Soldier, what does the Volunteer do?

4. What does Teresa do after the Officer and Pat go outside?

5. The Soldier speaks flirtatiously with Teresa, saying what?

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