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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. Who escorts Nat and Shakespeare home?
(a) Harry's older brother.
(b) A hired bodyguard.
(c) The theater manager.
(d) Roper's older brother.

2. What part does Sam Gilbourne play?
(a) Demetrius.
(b) Lysander.
(c) Hippolyta.
(d) Egeus.

3. What fascinates everyone in the acting company?
(a) Nat saving Roper's life.
(b) Nat's acrobatic moves.
(c) Some of Nat's vocabulary.
(d) How Nat can suggest the right things to do for someone's illness.

4. What character will Nat play next summer with the Company of Boys?
(a) Hamlet.
(b) Ariel.
(c) Puck.
(d) Lysander.

5. What does Nat try to figure out about his time in the earlier century?
(a) Nothing; he is too disoriented to be thinking of anything at the moment.
(b) If it was a dream or really happened.
(c) If he is the reincarnation of Nat Field.
(d) If he will ever go back there again.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does Nat tell Gil from his time with Shakespeare?

2. Who tells Jennifer she cannot see Nat?

3. Who is Sam Gilbourne dressed to resemble?

4. What does Arby explain to Nat?

5. What color is Gilbourne's wig?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Gil and Rachel respond to Nat's story about his time in 1599?

2. What do Nat and his aunt Jen decide to do?

3. What unexpected thing happens as Nat is acting and what is the outcome?

4. What dos Arby give Nat and what does Nat discover is Arby's full name?

5. What does Harry explain to Nat about the political climate of that time?

6. Why does Nat challenge Arby's authority?

7. How does Richard help Nat prepare for Nat's role as Puck and how does Nat feel when he is ready?

8. What do Nat, Gil and Rachel learn about the Nat Field of 1599?

9. What does Nat ask Shakespeare about Nat's choices after St. Paul's and what is Shakespeare's response?

10. In Chapter 12, who arrives at Guy's Hospital and what does the person learn?

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