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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Bargee say the soldiers have come to do?
(a) Sleep the night.
(b) Protect the town.
(c) Recruit.
(d) Stop the strike.

2. What does Sparky sing a song about?
(a) The army.
(b) Love.
(c) Mothers.
(d) Desertion.

3. What does Annie say soldiers are good for dropping into?
(a) Trenches.
(b) Ditches.
(c) The sea.
(d) Graves.

4. What is the main industry in the part of the country the soldiers are visiting?
(a) Gold mining.
(b) Steel mining.
(c) Diamond mining.
(d) Coal mining.

5. Where do the soldiers put all their things?
(a) In the shed.
(b) In the barn.
(c) In the back room.
(d) In the coach house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Hitchcock say the men on strike are destroying?

2. In what does Mrs. Hitchcock try to convince the parson to intervene?

3. Whose business does Sparky say they are on?

4. What does the Constable say the town needs?

5. What does the Mayor plan to use the soldiers for?

(see the answer key)

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