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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 does Jo know that the young men around her in the wings think of blues music as?
(a) Men's music.
(b) British music.
(c) American music.
(d) Spanish music.

2. Who is the headmaster that one of the children challenges in Part I?
(a) Mr. Helberdon.
(b) Mr. Hardy.
(c) Mr. Riddington.
(d) Mr. Smythe.

3. What song do the children sing in their class together in Part I?
(a) The Black and Tans.
(b) Cotswolds.
(c) The Queen's Coronation.
(d) Fabrington.

4. What does Vern tell McLeish he wants to build in Bexford?
(a) Stadiums.
(b) Racetracks.
(c) Opera houses.
(d) Skyscrapers.

5. What does Mike ask Val to do minutes after they meet for the second time?
(a) Have oral sex.
(b) Buy a house together.
(c) Get married.
(d) Work together.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the person Alec is asking for a job tell him he has hesitations for hiring him?

2. What does Vern ask of McLeish in Part I?

3. How does Ben think his "bad times" usually come on?

4. What does Alan order for Val at their stop at the cafe?

5. What popular shop is directly hit by the bomb in Part I?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who encourages Mike not to fight with Ben and Trevor, and why does she do this?

2. What is Vern like as a child, and how does his childhood temperament relate to his adult one?

3. What kind of job does Alec's mentor help him get as a young adult?

4. Why does Vern refuse to talk to the object of his admiration in Part I in the restaurant?

5. Why does Mike threaten Ben on the bus in Part II?

6. Why is Trevor upset with Ben in Part II?

7. What does Ben become obsessed with in Part II that takes over his life?

8. Who does Vern become distracted by during his business dinner in Part I and why does this happen?

9. How does Vern mislead his dinner companion in Part I?

10. Why does Alec's mentor have some misgivings about him going into the line of work he has chosen?

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