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

2. Who is Arby?
(a) The lead actor.
(b) The company's owner.
(c) The oldest teen.
(d) The company director.

3. Who denies any wrongdoing?
(a) Gilbourne.
(b) Nat.
(c) Harry.
(d) Roper.

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

5. What does Arby point out to Nat?
(a) His bad acting habits.
(b) His bad haircut.
(c) His hair color.
(d) His sloppy appearance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose voice sounds somewhat like Elizabethan English?

2. What school does Harry say Nat attends?

3. What does the person who greets Nat say he feared about Nat?

4. What does Nat notice about Harry's speech?

5. What do Nat and Harry do during the afternoon performance?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do Arby and Gill have a small confrontation and what is the result?

3. How does Roper conspire to make Nat look bad?

4. Where do the apprentices go after classes?

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

6. How does Nat react to the bear pit?

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

8. What are some of the things that seem different to Nat when he wakes?

9. How does Nat feel about being in the late 16th century and how does Roper make it even worse?

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

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