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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What do the Officer and the Volunteer do as Pat, Meg and Miss Gilchrist sit, drink, sing, and bicker over whether Pat was a good soldier in the cause of the IRA?
(a) They watch everyone.
(b) Stand guard over the Soldier.
(c) They join in the party.
(d) They leave to talk.

5. What does the Officer do after Pat calls him?
(a) He tells Pat to stay quiet.
(b) He ignores him.
(c) He orders an escort for the Soldier.
(d) He takes the Soldier out.

6. 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 sit down and Pat says neither she nor Meg has the right to comment on his situation.
(c) He tells her to give him the drink instead.
(d) He warns her to not get attached to the Soldier.

7. About whom is the article?
(a) The King.
(b) The military.
(c) The IRA.
(d) The Queen.

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

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 would rather not sing.
(c) He cannot think of anything else.
(d) He only knows patriotic tunes.

10. What does the Soldier wonder about Teresa?
(a) Why she is here.
(b) Whether she will bring him his dinner.
(c) Whether she will bring him the tea.
(d) Where she is from.

11. Describe the song the Soldier sings.
(a) It is an American rock and roll song.
(b) It is an ironic one about how happy he is to be British.
(c) It is an old Irish tune.
(d) It is a song he wrote.

12. What does the Soldier ask Teresa to do?
(a) Never come back.
(b) Stay.
(c) Bring him his dinner.
(d) Leave.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of music is heard?

2. What are the marchers doing?

3. Of what does Pat tell the Soldier he has no reason to fear?

4. What does Teresa do when the Officer comes in?

5. When the Soldier describes their situation as war, about what does Meg speak angrily?

(see the answer keys)

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