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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who quit the acting company in a dramatic fashion?
(a) Will Kempe.
(b) Harry.
(c) No one.
(d) Nat.
2. What do the nurses fail to notice about Nat?
(a) That he is using vocabularly that is not used in the late 20th century.
(b) That he looks and sounds different from other boys his age.
(c) That he has a different eye color than the boy brought in.
(d) That he is speaking French.
3. What does Nat think is similar to the Globe Theater of 1999?
(a) The Globe of 1599.
(b) Nothing that he knows.
(c) Carneige Hall.
(d) The old playhouse in Maine where he did summer stock.
4. Where is the setting at the opening of Chapter 1?
(a) London.
(b) New York.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Boston.
5. Why does Robert doubt Nat's ability?
(a) Because Nat is so tall.
(b) Because Nat is so short.
(c) Because Nat slips on his first attempt.
(d) Because Nat is merely a St. Paul's boy.
6. Why does Arby make the boys play the games?
(a) To give them a break from serious work.
(b) To build trust and become acquainted.
(c) To see which ones are the leaders.
(d) As a means of asserting his control over the boys.
7. Where is Nat when he wakes in Chapter 4?
(a) In his bed at the Jones' household.
(b) In a different bed from that at the Fisher's.
(c) In a theater in Paris.
(d) Back in his bed at his aunt's house in the United States.
8. With whom does Nat live?
(a) His aunt in her penthouse in Trafalgar Square.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) The Fisher family.
(d) The Jones family.
9. Of what does Mistress Fawcett warn Nat?
(a) Not to go out on the streets alone.
(b) Not to drink any water that is not boiled.
(c) To always remove his shoes at the door so as not to disturb Shakespeare.
(d) Not to drink the ale in the pub next door.
10. Why does Nat not allow himself to cry?
(a) He's afraid he'll break down and not be able to stop.
(b) He's afraid Roper will see him.
(c) It reminds him of when his father died.
(d) He thinks it is wrong for someone his age to cry.
11. What is Shakespeare's company's name?
(a) Lord Winpole's Men.
(b) Lord Chamberlain's Men.
(c) Globe Actors.
(d) Lord Chamberlain's Actors.
12. How does Arby say the boy actors must function?
(a) Like apprentices.
(b) Like a family.
(c) Like professionals.
(d) Like teenagers.
13. What happens when Nat and the other boys are running to practice?
(a) Nat loses his way.
(b) Nat is pushed down by an older boy.
(c) Nat stumbles.
(d) Nothing.
14. What puts Nat at ease where he is staying?
(a) They allow him to do anything.
(b) The barracks are not well supervised.
(c) There is a boy his age with whom Nat immediately bonds.
(d) No one inquires about his parents.
15. Who does Arby say has a Southern accent?
(a) Brett.
(b) Nat.
(c) Joseph.
(d) William.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Mrs. Fischer become worried?
2. To where does Nat fear he has traveled?
3. Who intends to give Nat private rehearsal time?
4. Who stops an altercation between Roper and Nat?
5. Who was Nat nervous about meeting?
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