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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who stops an altercation between Roper and Nat?
(a) Burbage.
(b) Harry.
(c) Shelton.
(d) Shakespeare and another actor.

4. Where is the setting at the opening of Chapter 1?
(a) Cambridge.
(b) Boston.
(c) New York.
(d) London.

5. How is Nat feeling when he wakes?
(a) No longer ill.
(b) He has a bad headache.
(c) As if he is going to die.
(d) He feels quesy but somewhat better.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first play the Company of Boys rehearses?

2. Who does Arby kick out of the company?

3. Who denies any wrongdoing?

4. Where is Nat lying semi-delirious in his real time?

5. Who is a leading actor in the Lord Chamberlain's Men?

Short Essay Questions

1. How were the boys chosen for the Company of Boys?

2. What does Nat learn about an upcoming visit from the Queen and what does he have to do regarding the news?

3. How does Nat make things good between himself and Roper?

4. What does Nat recite for his speaking class and who congratulates him after the recitation?

5. What is the purpose of the games and what does Nat think of some of the games?

6. What does Arby point out to Nat in the first reading of one play?

7. What does Nat learn about the Globe Theater of 1599?

8. With whom does Nat live in London and how does he feel about them?

9. What happens with Nat in Chapter 3?

10. What happens to the Nat who is now in 1999?

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