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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can neither the Soldier or the Volunteer go?
(a) The Soldier is a prisoner, and the Volunteer is too lazy.
(b) The Soldier is a prisoner, and the Volunteer is on duty for another hour.
(c) The Soldier is a prisoner, and the Volunteer does not want to take him anywhere.
(d) The Soldier is on duty, and the Volunteer is a prisoner.

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

3. 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.

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

5. What does the Soldier ask the Volunteer if he can go and do?
(a) Go for a walk.
(b) Out back to relieve himself.
(c) See the rest of the house.
(d) Get his own dinner.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As the parade passes, what does Miss Gilchrist do to the Soldier?

3. Teresa catches the Soldier looking around the room, and at first he says he is only looking for an ashtray, but then admits what?

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?

5. What does the Officer demand?

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