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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Henry feel when he shouts with no response and tries to ring the bell, but no sound emerges?
(a) He feels frustrated, yet determined.
(b) He feels somewhat relieved.
(c) He feels discouraged and powerless.
(d) He feels confused and unsure.

2. After Henry deals with the chicken problem, how does Lydian respond to this gesture?
(a) She hugs him.
(b) She is embarrassed.
(c) She urges him to stay with them.
(d) She urges him to get married.

3. How do the stage directions describe Henry's discussion of Waldo' virtues?
(a) A "mixture of love and devotion."
(b) A "mixture of jealousy and hate."
(c) A "mixture of fear and loathing."
(d) A "mixture of admiration and contempt."

4. What pleases Henry about Williams?
(a) Williams tells him of his desire to escape slavery.
(b) Williams will be staying at Walden Pond to help him.
(c) Williams is going back into slavery.
(d) Williams is a kind man.

5. What does Lydian suggest that Henry do while Waldo is away in England?
(a) Find a wife.
(b) Stay with them.
(c) He should leave.
(d) Get another job.

6. What advice does Henry give him when Waldo asks him what he thinks he should do?
(a) Henry tells him to join him in jail.
(b) Henry tells him to start his own war.
(c) Henry tells him to speak out against the war.
(d) Henry tells him to run for mayor.

7. Henry rings the town bell, and tells everyone that Waldo will be giving a speech. Why does Waldo not appear?
(a) Waldo "suddenly had to make other plans."
(b) Waldo "is not longer interested in assisting Henry in his cause."
(c) Waldo "wants more time to meditate on these matters."
(d) Waldo "is afraid of public speaking."

8. What does the audience learn about Williams once he leaves Walden Pond?
(a) He has been shot at the border.
(b) He is sent back into slavery.
(c) He lives in Canada.
(d) He is a free man in New York.

9. How does the scene restart?
(a) In slow motion.
(b) Quickly.
(c) Suddenly.
(d) It does not restart.

10. When does all action on stage stop?
(a) When John is shot.
(b) When Henry yells for the war to end.
(c) An unseen voice addresses Congress and urges the President to stop the war.
(d) When Edward is shot.

11. About what is Henry's soliloquy?
(a) Love.
(b) Loss.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Friendship.

12. Lydian accuses him of trying to make Waldo something he is not, and urges Henry to do what?
(a) Let Waldo be himself.
(b) End his friendship with Waldo.
(c) Get married.
(d) Leave town.

13. What does Henry assure Williams?
(a) He will not get captured.
(b) He is still a slave.
(c) He is free.
(d) He may stay at Walden Pond.

14. How does Henry describe berry picking?
(a) Huckleberry Finn hunting.
(b) Huckleberry hunting.
(c) Berry berry, quite contrary.
(d) Berry patch hunting.

15. When Henry refuses to assault the enemy, how does his mother respond?
(a) She berates him.
(b) She argues with him.
(c) She praises him.
(d) She cries.

Short Answer Questions

1. Waldo asks whether he should start a violent rebellion. How does Henry reply?

2. Henry objects to Sergeant Sam, but what happens?

3. What is Bailey doing as Henry speaks to him?

4. What is Henry doing when Williams, an escaped slave, appears?

5. What does Henry tell Waldo that he has to do, besides cast a vote in an election?

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