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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the pub landlady?
(a) Fran Jackson.
(b) Janet Yearly.
(c) Mrs. Davison.
(d) Mrs. Hitchcock.

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

3. What instrument announces the soldiers' arrival?
(a) A trombone.
(b) A trumpet.
(c) A drum.
(d) A gong.

4. Who do the soldiers and Mrs. Hitchcock drink a toast to?
(a) The Prince.
(b) The King.
(c) Their mothers.
(d) The Queen.

5. What does the pugnacious collier say Musgrave is in spite of having stripes?
(a) A friend.
(b) A real man.
(c) A brother.
(d) A monk.

6. What does Musgrave say the soldiers' only right is swinging from the end of?
(a) An angel wing.
(b) A donkey tail.
(c) A noose.
(d) A whip.

7. In what does Mrs. Hitchcock try to convince the parson to intervene?
(a) The shop keeper's strike.
(b) The coal miner's strike.
(c) The argument with the baker.
(d) The argument with the butcher.

8. What kind of gun does the Bargee say he can get Walsh?
(a) A machine gun.
(b) A Gatling.
(c) A Winchester.
(d) A Magnum.

9. Where does Musgrave invite the colliers?
(a) The church.
(b) Mrs. Hitchcock's bar.
(c) The army barracks.
(d) Sparky's restaurant.

10. What does the Mayor give Musgrave permission to do?
(a) Stay in the town.
(b) Strike.
(c) Recruit.
(d) Drink until midnight.

11. What does the Mayor say every recruit will receive?
(a) A gun.
(b) Compensation.
(c) A badge.
(d) A key to the town.

12. What does the Parson say soldiers should serve with?
(a) Love.
(b) Honor.
(c) Strength.
(d) Heart.

13. Where does Sparky joke the soldiers beds have been made up?
(a) The stable.
(b) The graveyard.
(c) The church.
(d) The kitchen.

14. Where do Sparky, Hurst and Attercliffe wait?
(a) The bar.
(b) The moat.
(c) The Wharf.
(d) The harbor.

15. What does the Bargee whisper as Musgrave leaves?
(a) Crazy.
(b) Amen.
(c) Trouble.
(d) Jesus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hurst tell Musgrave is not enough for what they need to do?

2. Who does Annie flirt with?

3. Who does Mrs. Hitchcock ask to pour the Bargee's drink?

4. Who does Hurst have coming to visit him?

5. Where did the yellow-haired boy go off to?

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