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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What school does Harry say Nat attends?
(a) Oxford.
(b) St. Jerome's.
(c) St. Francis'.
(d) St. Paul's.

3. What does Nat say as to how his father died?
(a) Plane accident.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Car accident.

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

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

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

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

8. Who suggests the apprentices go to the bear pit?
(a) Gilbourne.
(b) Nat.
(c) Harry.
(d) Roper.

9. How are boys selected to be a part of the Company of Boys?
(a) Lottery.
(b) Court appointed boys who get in trouble.
(c) Whoever can pay for a spot.
(d) Auditions.

10. What is the name of Shakespeare's son?
(a) Rosencrantz.
(b) John.
(c) Othello.
(d) Hanmet.

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

12. What play will be performed in the afternoon?
(a) Arcadia.
(b) Dr. Faustus.
(c) Hamlet.
(d) The Devil's Revenge.

13. How can the boys afford to go to the bear pit?
(a) They can sneak in since Roper knows a way.
(b) Their parents give him an allowance.
(c) Roper stole money from Harry.
(d) Roper stole money from Burbage.

14. What do the nurses fail to notice about Nat?
(a) That he is speaking French.
(b) That he is using vocabularly that is not used in the late 20th century.
(c) That he looks and sounds different from other boys his age.
(d) That he has a different eye color than the boy brought in.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Nat feeling when he wakes?

2. Who does Arby kick out of the company?

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

4. Why does Nat become uncomfortable with the group's conversation?

5. What is the date of the opening of Chapter 1?

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