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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Episode 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Gar's mood in the beginning of the play?
(a) He is ecstatic.
(b) He is pensive.
(c) He is hopeful.
(d) He is sad.

2. In the flashback with Katie, what are Gar’s plans for bringing in more income?
(a) He plans on working twice as hard.
(b) He plans on asking Katie’s father.
(c) He plans on starting his own business.
(d) He plans on selling eggs directly from the farm.

3. What is Madge doing when the play opens?
(a) She is visiting her niece.
(b) She is cleaning Gar's shirts.
(c) She is laying the table for tea.
(d) She is talking to SB.

4. How much does SB owe Gar?
(a) He owes him 10 pounds.
(b) He owes him 5 pounds.
(c) He owes 3 pounds and 15 shillings.
(d) He owes him 10 shillings.

5. Who is SB O'Donnell?
(a) He is Madge's husband
(b) He is Lizzy's brother.
(c) He is Gar's father.
(d) He is Gar's uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the significance of the item Gar finds in his suitcase?

2. What is Boyle's worry?

3. Why does private Gar quote Edmund Burke’s lines, “It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the Queen of France…at Versailles” (12)?

4. What does Boyle give Gar?

5. Why did Gar not go to college?

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