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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Nat feel in this time period?
(a) Like he does not belong.
(b) As if he has lived in this time before.
(c) Comfortable.
(d) Confused.

2. With what does the doctor on duty believe Nat suffers?
(a) Bubonic plague.
(b) Measles.
(c) Cholera.
(d) Typhoid fever.

3. What does Nat notice about Harry's speech?
(a) He does not know much of the vocabularly Harry uses.
(b) Harry has a lisp.
(c) It sounds like a Southern accent from the United States.
(d) The words are difficult to understand.

4. Who is Rachel?
(a) Arby's assistant.
(b) Arby's daughter.
(c) Nat's sister.
(d) Nat's girlfriend.

5. Where do some of the boys live when they are in London?
(a) At the theater.
(b) In an orphanage.
(c) In an old WWII barracks.
(d) Hostels.

6. How far is Shakespeare's home from the Globe?
(a) Next door.
(b) A few minutes' travel.
(c) Across the street.
(d) Across London.

7. What does Nat think of some of the games the boys play?
(a) They are too difficult.
(b) They do not have any purpose.
(c) They are childish.
(d) They are quite fun.

8. What does Mistress Fawcett say about Shakespeare when he is working upstairs?
(a) Shakespeare is not to be disturbed.
(b) Shakespeare often makes strange noises and to ignore that.
(c) Shakespeare often buys flowers and tips her well.
(d) Shakespeare often has others come and join him upstairs and they are not to be disturbed.

9. Who is quite animated when acting?
(a) Nat.
(b) Rachel.
(c) Gil.
(d) Eric.

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

11. With whom does Nat live?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) His aunt in her penthouse in Trafalgar Square.
(c) The Jones family.
(d) The Fisher family.

12. What do the apprentices eat for lunch?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Meat pies and beer.
(c) Bread and cheese.
(d) Bread and jam.

13. What seems louder to Nat?
(a) The creak of the stage boards.
(b) The actors reading their lines.
(c) The noise level of Elizabethan England.
(d) The sounds from the orchestra pit.

14. What character does Nat play in one of the plays?
(a) Othello.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) Puck.
(d) King Lear.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Arby say has a Southern accent?

2. Why does Nat fall?

3. What does Arby point out to Nat?

4. Where is the setting at the opening of Chapter 1?

5. How does Nat save Roper's life?

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