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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Teresa help when she was a child?
(a) A sad little boy.
(b) Her parents.
(c) The nuns in the convent.
(d) The other little girls.

2. What does the Soldier say he has done wrong?
(a) He was a spy.
(b) He shot an IRA officer.
(c) He stole money from the IRA.
(d) Nothing.

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

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

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

6. What kind of music is heard?
(a) Rock and roll.
(b) Irish.
(c) Rap.
(d) Pop.

7. 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.

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

9. 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 why he cannot be freed.
(c) To know what he did to deserve this treatment.
(d) To know when he will die.

10. What do Meg and Miss Gilchrist tell Pat he needs to reconsider?
(a) What he charges for rent.
(b) His life.
(c) His position.
(d) His haircut.

11. When Meg is finished, what is Pat's comment?
(a) Can she sing a more optimistic tune.
(b) The author of the play should have sung the song.
(c) Is she done torturing them.
(d) The song was beautiful.

12. 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 only knows patriotic tunes.
(d) He cannot think of anything else.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does the Soldier tease Teresa?

2. What does the Officer say when the Soldier says he does not know anything about the business done by the British?

3. What does Monsewer do to the Soldier?

4. What does an article in the paper say about the "the condemned soldier?"

5. How does the Soldier not want to ruin his time with Teresa?

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