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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When is the Company of Boys allowed to rehearse at the theater?
(a) Only on early Saturday and Sunday mornings.
(b) Only from 10-11:30 p.m. weekdays.
(c) Only from 4-6 a.m. weekdays.
(d) Not for several days after their arrival in London.

2. For what skills does Arby particularly admire Nat?
(a) Acrobatic.
(b) Piano playing.
(c) Memorization.
(d) Singing.

3. Of what does Nat dream?
(a) Flying high above Earth.
(b) His dead brother.
(c) His dead dog.
(d) His parents.

4. Where is Nat when he wakes in Chapter 4?
(a) In his bed at the Jones' household.
(b) Back in his bed at his aunt's house in the United States.
(c) In a theater in Paris.
(d) In a different bed from that at the Fisher's.

5. Who offers to let Nat live with him?
(a) Burbage.
(b) Shelton.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) No one.

6. What is the first play the Company of Boys rehearses?
(a) Hamlet.
(b) A Midsummer Night's Dream.
(c) As You Like It.
(d) Othello.

7. Who signals Nat and Harry incorrectly?
(a) Roper.
(b) Gilbourne.
(c) No one.
(d) Burbage.

8. Of what does Mistress Fawcett warn Nat?
(a) Not to drink the ale in the pub next door.
(b) To always remove his shoes at the door so as not to disturb Shakespeare.
(c) Not to drink any water that is not boiled.
(d) Not to go out on the streets alone.

9. What class does Henry Condell teach?
(a) Gesture.
(b) Tumbling.
(c) Elocution.
(d) Costume.

10. To where does Nat fear he has traveled?
(a) 1599.
(b) 1699.
(c) 1709.
(d) 1499.

11. How many members are in the Company of Boys?
(a) 18.
(b) 15.
(c) 24.
(d) 33.

12. Who is a leading actor in the Lord Chamberlain's Men?
(a) Nat.
(b) William Shakespeare.
(c) Harry.
(d) Richard Burbage.

13. Why does Robert doubt Nat's ability?
(a) Because Nat slips on his first attempt.
(b) Because Nat is merely a St. Paul's boy.
(c) Because Nat is so short.
(d) Because Nat is so tall.

14. What is performed that afternoon at the Globe?
(a) Much Ado About Nothing.
(b) Henry V.
(c) Macbeth.
(d) Julius Caesar.

15. Why does Nat become uncomfortable with the group's conversation?
(a) They talk about the South in a derogatory manner.
(b) It comes out that his parents are dead.
(c) They say unkind things about Rachel.
(d) They say unkind things about Arby.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Arby say the boy actors must function?

2. What do the nurses fail to notice about Nat?

3. Why does Nat go to bed early?

4. Who is Harry?

5. In what theater will the Company perform?

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