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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. When the Soldier describes their situation as war, about what does Meg speak angrily?
(a) Her parents were killed during a war.
(b) She has always lived during war time.
(c) The innocents whose lives were destroyed by that war.
(d) War never ends.

3. What story does Teresa tell?
(a) A story of when she became an orphan.
(b) A story of when she was a girl in the convent.
(c) A story of when she first moved to the boarding house.
(d) A story of when she became an Irishwoman.

4. When Mulleady reads some of the article aloud, what does Pat say?
(a) It is disgusting.
(b) It was written by an Irishman.
(c) It should not be read to anyone.
(d) It is a disgrace.

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

6. What does Teresa do after the Officer and Pat go outside?
(a) She comes from behind the door.
(b) She comes out of the closet.
(c) She comes in through the window.
(d) She comes out from under the bed.

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

8. What does the Officer say when the Soldier says he does not know anything about the business done by the British?
(a) He is not expected to know the business done by the British.
(b) He is a liar.
(c) Everyone knows about the business done by the British.
(d) He will learn shortly when he gets a bullet in the head.

9. 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.

10. Pat tells a lengthy and frequently interrupted story about what?
(a) His life.
(b) How he became a caretaker.
(c) How he lost his leg.
(d) How he joined the IRA.

11. What does an article in the paper say about the "the condemned soldier?"
(a) He will be a martyr.
(b) He is not going to be reprieved.
(c) He will be freed.
(d) He is innocent.

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

13. As Miss Gilchrist takes a drink to the Soldier, what does the Volunteer do?
(a) He tells her to stay away from him.
(b) He warns her to not get attached to the Soldier.
(c) He tells her to give him the drink instead.
(d) He warns her to sit down and Pat says neither she nor Meg has the right to comment on his situation.

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

15. What do the other characters do as the Officer is thinking?
(a) They ask him questions.
(b) They rush onstage to watch the parade.
(c) They watch him think.
(d) They also think.

Short Answer Questions

1. About which soldier is the article talking?

2. How does the Soldier reply when Pat says he needs to sing something less patriotic?

3. What does the Officer think Meg is there to do?

4. Why can neither the Soldier or the Volunteer go?

5. What kind of music is heard?

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