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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Sergeant Sam wakes the sleeping Henry and gives him what?
(a) His breakfast.
(b) A note.
(c) The key to the jail cell.
(d) A rifle.

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

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

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

6. Where does Williams want to stay?
(a) Concord.
(b) Walden.
(c) Wherever Henry is.
(d) Canada.

7. What does Waldo ask after he accuses Henry of resigning from the human race?
(a) Why do not more people listen to you?
(b) How can I join you?
(c) What would happen if everyone did so?
(d) Where do you find such inspiration?

8. What happens as Williams darts offstage?
(a) He is followed by racist epithets.
(b) He is shot.
(c) He begins shooting his rifle.
(d) He says he's running to Walden Pond.

9. What is Henry doing when Williams, an escaped slave, appears?
(a) Playing a flute.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Weeding.
(d) Planting in his garden.

10. What does Lydian say while insisting to Henry what he must do?
(a) "To get along, you have to go along!"
(b) "Allow your heart to lead the way!"
(c) "To forgive, means to forget!"
(d) "A wife is a treasure!"

11. What does Henry suggest to Bailey?
(a) Make a run for it.
(b) He is born in a more liberal age, or that he try prayer.
(c) Sell your soul to the devil, then you will have a good lawyer.
(d) Find someone who cares.

12. Henry objects to Sergeant Sam, but what happens?
(a) He lets himself out of the cell.
(b) He is forced to participate.
(c) He eats his breakfast anyway.
(d) He reads the note.

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

14. How does Henry change his tactics with Sam?
(a) He tells Sam to let Bailey go instead.
(b) He threatens Sam's life.
(c) He ties himself to the bed.
(d) He insists on staying until Bailey goes to trial or is released.

15. What does Henry accuse Waldo of being, which Waldo denies?
(a) "Tethered" by his beliefs.
(b) "Unsure" in his beliefs.
(c) "Stuck" in his beliefs.
(d) "Spineless" in his beliefs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where must Waldo go to speak out against injustice?

2. What does Henry recognizes about his devotion to Waldo?

3. What has brought violence to Concord?

4. How does Henry react when Waldo tells him they need to work within the laws to fight the war?

5. Lydian notes that Waldo loves Henry. What does she ask Henry?

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