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

2. What does Nat realize about the bear?
(a) It is muzzled.
(b) It is very old.
(c) It is a baby.
(d) It is blind.

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

4. Why does Nat fall?
(a) The trap door was open.
(b) He gets dizzy.
(c) A boy trips him.
(d) A stage prop was not moved?

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who falls through the trap door at the wrong time?

2. What seems louder to Nat?

3. With whom does Nat live?

4. Why does the nameless Lord ask Shakespeare to cancel one of the performances at the Globe?

5. Who is Harry?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Nat increase his acting skills, in particular playing the character of Puck?

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

4. What is the Company of Boys doing in 1999 at the opening of the book?

5. Why does Arby kick one of the boys out of the company?

6. What happens with Nat in Chapter 3?

7. What does Roper suggest the boys do and what does Nat feel he must go?

8. Where does Nat move in Chapter 10 and who shows him around?

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

10. What amazes Nat about London when he is on his way to the Globe?

(see the answer keys)

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