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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Henry react when Waldo tells him they need to work within the laws to fight the war?
(a) He and Waldo begin a plan to fight the war in a more legal way.
(b) He agrees and changes his actions.
(c) He is disgusted and goes to leave.
(d) He is shocked to hear Waldo say this.

5. Henry objects to Waldo not appearing. How does Lydian feel?
(a) Reassured that Waldo is not changing his stand on freedom.
(b) Embarrassed by Waldo's cowardly actions.
(c) Unsure whether she still loves Waldo or actually loves Henry.
(d) Torn between sharing Henry's opinions and loyalty to Waldo.

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

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

8. To what are men slaves, according to Henry?
(a) Their wives.
(b) God.
(c) Money.
(d) One another.

9. How does Sam respond when Henry says he refuses to leave?
(a) He tells him that he may stay with Bailey.
(b) He tells him that he must leave.
(c) He tells him it's his choice if he stays.
(d) He tells him he will have to speak with the judge.

10. Why can Henry not choose any of the young women Lydian suggests?
(a) He considers Lydian a wife.
(b) Nature is his mother-in-law.
(c) He already is married.
(d) He is not interested in any of them.

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

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) Get married.
(c) End his friendship with Waldo.
(d) Leave town.

13. What does Henry believe is the motivation for the war in Mexico?
(a) A desire for more land for Southern slave owners.
(b) Love for the United States and the desire to spread freedom.
(c) Control over other countries.
(d) Money and power.

14. With what does Henry tell Bailey he prays?
(a) The water.
(b) Nature.
(c) A Bible.
(d) A flute.

15. What happens to Henry when he tries to object to the President?
(a) Waldo tells him to stop talking.
(b) No sound comes from his mouth.
(c) He is shot and wounded.
(d) A loud noise covers his words.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Williams appear?

2. The scene fades and Sam is doing what?

3. According to Henry, why is the government afraid of the choice he has made?

4. When does Henry comfort Edward with the knowledge that he has now planted new Huckleberry plants?

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

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