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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mr. Antrobus brought Sabina home after what?
(a) Helping her.
(b) Arresting her.
(c) Kidnapping her.
(d) Marrying her.

2. Where do the Antrobus' live?
(a) New Connecticut.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) New Hampshire.
(d) New York.

3. What reason does Gladys give for wearing makeup?
(a) Because other girls do it.
(b) Because she wants to.
(c) Because it makes her look pretty.
(d) Because the boys like it.

4. According to the stage directions, how old is the Telegraph Boy?
(a) Ten.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Five.

5. What does Mrs. Antrobus quote while Henry quotes the multiplication tables?
(a) Biblical story or repentance.
(b) Biblical story of creation.
(c) Biblical story of flood.
(d) Biblical story of destruction.

6. While Mr. Antrobus drills Henry in the times tables, what does he order Mrs. Antrobus to teach Gladys?
(a) The first verses of the Illiad.
(b) The first verses of "Amazing Grace."
(c) The first verses of the Bible.
(d) The first verses of some poetry.

7. What makes the announcement at the beginning of the play?
(a) Theater loudspeaker.
(b) The stage manager.
(c) The orchestra director.
(d) An usher.

8. Homer shares his name with a poet from what time period?
(a) Ancient Egypt.
(b) Ancient China.
(c) Ancient Greece.
(d) Ancient America.

9. Who slips past the barricade and comes into the house and becomes comfortable?
(a) The mammoth and the dog.
(b) The horse and the dinosaur.
(c) The dinosaur and the mammoth.
(d) The dog and the horse.

10. What is the name of Mrs. Antrobus' other son?
(a) Abel.
(b) Abbin.
(c) Abe.
(d) Abbrel.

11. From what building does the sound of bingo numbers being called emerge?
(a) A casino.
(b) A sports bar.
(c) A church building.
(d) A bingo hall.

12. A society proclaiming the end of the world postponed it because they saw what?
(a) The light.
(b) The clouds.
(c) The sunrise.
(d) The theater.

13. What food does Sabina make to feed the refugees?
(a) Pancakes.
(b) Sandwiches.
(c) Hamburgers.
(d) Hot dogs.

14. When Sabina steps out of her character, she says that she _______ the play.
(a) Loves.
(b) Hates.
(c) Resents.
(d) Detests.

15. When Gladys returns with Mr. Antrobus' slippers, she begs him to do what?
(a) Teach her something just once.
(b) Praise her just once.
(c) Sing to her just once.
(d) Look at her just once.

Short Answer Questions

1. What role does Sabina play in the Antrobus household?

2. Who asks Mrs. Antrobus how long she has been married?

3. Mr. Antrobus tells Sabina to make a giant pot of what, when the refugees appear?

4. Who asked the refugees to come to the Antrobus' house?

5. Act 2 begins with an announcement by whom (or what)?

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