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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Monsewer do to the Soldier?
(a) He prays for him.
(b) He brings him dinner.
(c) He interrogates him.
(d) He allows him out to go for a walk.

2. What does Miss Gilchrist think about the Royal Family?
(a) She is fond of them.
(b) She is jealous of them.
(c) She wants to be a part of the family.
(d) She detests them.

3. As Meg makes crude jokes, what does Miss Gilchrist say?
(a) She needs to leave.
(b) She is rude and annoying.
(c) She should be quiet.
(d) She would be smarter to spend her time cleaning her house instead of joking.

4. As Pat offers the Volunteer and the Soldier a drink, what does the Soldier demand?
(a) To know how he will die.
(b) To know when he will die.
(c) To know why he cannot be freed.
(d) To know what he did to deserve this treatment.

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

6. As the parade passes, what does Miss Gilchrist do to the Soldier?
(a) She asks if he would like to watch the parade.
(b) She glares at him.
(c) She reads an article from a British paper to him.
(d) She prays for him.

7. What does the Officer demand?
(a) That Monsewer be taken out and says that nobody is to be allowed in from this point on.
(b) That Teresa leave the room.
(c) That the Soldier be shot.
(d) That he be left alone with the Soldier.

8. What will happen if the Irish soldier is executed?
(a) The IRA will launch an attack on the British.
(b) The British soldier will be shot.
(c) The British soldier will be freed.
(d) The British soldier will be tortured.

9. About which soldier is the article talking?
(a) The British one.
(b) An American soldier.
(c) A French soldier.
(d) The Irish one.

10. When Teresa says she was just dusting, what does Meg say?
(a) She is shocked.
(b) Teresa did nothing wrong.
(c) Teresa is a sinner.
(d) She also was just dusting.

11. What does the Officer think Meg is there to do?
(a) Clean the room.
(b) Sing a song.
(c) Cook breakfast.
(d) Have sex with the Soldier.

12. 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.

13. How old is the Soldier?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Twenty-five.
(c) Nineteen.
(d) Thirty.

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

15. What are the marchers doing?
(a) Dancing an Irish jig.
(b) Celebrating a day of independence from Great Britain.
(c) Playing with the children watching the parade.
(d) Protesting the execution of the imprisoned Irish soldier.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the scene end?

2. How does Pat respond when the Officer asks if Teresa can be trusted?

3. What crude comment does Meg make to Miss Gilchrist?

4. What does the Soldier ask Teresa to do?

5. What do Teresa and the Soldier hear?

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