View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one thing Grandpa says all is lost by doing?
(a) Going to church.
(b) Eating too much.
(c) Arming oneself.
(d) Stealing from neighbors.

2. What does the cop find out about the two old men?
(a) They are neighbors.
(b) They are salespeople.
(c) They are cousins.
(d) They are priests.

3. Who is Derek's father?
(a) Tom.
(b) Henry.
(c) Keith.
(d) Michael.

4. How does Company respond to the Speakers' performance of the Battle of Little Big Horn?
(a) They are rapt.
(b) They fall asleep.
(c) They cry.
(d) They leave early.

5. Who comes to hear Jeremy and the others speak?
(a) The protestors.
(b) "Company."
(c) The cats.
(d) The police.

6. Which cousin does the incident with Derek make Ginnie think of?
(a) Ricky.
(b) Henry.
(c) Don.
(d) Robert.

7. Who "owns" Jeremy in "Liberation Day"?
(a) The Darnells.
(b) The Untermeyers.
(c) The Foxes.
(d) The Henleys.

8. What does history NOT look like, according to Grandpa?
(a) What you make.
(b) What you hope.
(c) What you dream.
(d) What you expect.

9. What does Jeremy think of himself as at the end of "Liberation Day"?
(a) A bear.
(b) A lion.
(c) A mouse.
(d) A puppet.

10. What has happened to the Speakers before they become speakers?
(a) They have had their toenails cut.
(b) They have been brain-wiped.
(c) They have been well-educated.
(d) They have had their hair cut.

11. What regrets does the grandfather say he has?
(a) That he smoked.
(b) That he drank too much.
(c) That he never went to Europe.
(d) That he did not do more when there was time to do it.

12. What does Mrs. U often "wheel over" to Jeremy in the night?
(a) A television.
(b) A robe.
(c) A flag.
(d) A podium.

13. Which friend of Mrs. U's winces when she comes into the Listening Room?
(a) Sandra.
(b) Mira.
(c) Helen.
(d) Ricki.

14. What does the mother in Ginnie's story do?
(a) Gets an axe and chops down a tree.
(b) Gets a gun and goes to shoot the person who assaulted her son.
(c) Goes to the zoo.
(d) Goes to the park.

15. What do the Speakers usually wear?
(a) Sweatsuits.
(b) Dresses.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Camo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one story Mr. U selects for the Speakers to perform in "Liberation Day"?

2. Why does Jeremy feel guilty about loving Mrs. U?

3. How does having the Singers join the performances change things?

4. What is one thing Grandpa says he did not and does not know how to do?

5. What does Keith do to one of the old men?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 455 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample