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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Musgrave when he counts down to one?
(a) He laughs.
(b) He collapses.
(c) He ducks under the bed.
(d) He runs for the window.

2. What does Musgrave shout out as Annie and Sparky embrace?
(a) Rape.
(b) Stop.
(c) Help.
(d) Fire.

3. What two people does Musgrave say he wants to kill first?
(a) The mayor and the parson.
(b) Annie and Mrs. Hitchcock.
(c) The bargee and the slow collier.
(d) The constable and Walsh.

4. What does Attercliffe wonder if he will be able to start?
(a) A family.
(b) A church.
(c) A war.
(d) An orchard.

5. Where does Act 3, Scene 2 take place?
(a) The pub.
(b) A courtroom.
(c) Prison.
(d) The town hall.

6. Who is the first person to give a speech?
(a) The constable.
(b) The parson.
(c) The mayor.
(d) Musgrave.

7. What does Annie tell Sparky about?
(a) Her relationship with Hicks.
(b) Her abusive step mother.
(c) Her religious background.
(d) Her abusive father.

8. Why does Walsh think soldiers get what they deserve?
(a) They are psychotic.
(b) The are intent on killing innocent people.
(c) They get turned on by violence.
(d) They enter countries uninvited.

9. What does Musgrave say happens if you follow orders?
(a) You end up in an enemy's prison.
(b) You end up dead.
(c) You end up separated from your mates.
(d) You end up hanging from a rope.

10. Who does Musgrave say the dead soldier was killed by?
(a) Anti-war subversives.
(b) Communists.
(c) Anti-British subversives.
(d) Fascists.

11. Where is Hurst beating his drum at the beginning of Act 3, Part 1?
(a) The town hall.
(b) The church yard.
(c) The town square.
(d) The pub.

12. Why does the Bargee say people are trying to get into the coach house?
(a) To steal the soldiers' gear.
(b) To hold prisoners.
(c) To set it alight.
(d) To build a barracks.

13. What represents love in Attercliffe's song?
(a) A bloody rabbit.
(b) The seed of an apple.
(c) A dead deer.
(d) Apple blosson.

14. What is Musgrave doing as Sparky talks to Annie?
(a) Reading.
(b) Talking in his sleep.
(c) Listening through the wall.
(d) Praying.

15. Why does Musgrave say Billy Hicks was killed?
(a) He was stupid.
(b) It had been decided.
(c) He did not trust God.
(d) He followed his own path.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Musgrave talk to himself about?

2. Who do the soldiers grab and bring on stage?

3. What does Mrs. Hitchcock bring for Musgrave?

4. What does Mrs. Hitchcock say Musgrave brought to the town?

5. Whose opinion does Musgrave ask for in Act 3, Scene 1?

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