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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Mrs. Antrobus orders Henry to cheer up his father by reciting what?
(a) Poetry.
(b) The Constitution.
(c) The times tables.
(d) The inventions his father has created.

3. Who asked the refugees to come to the Antrobus' house?
(a) Henry.
(b) Mr. Antrobus.
(c) Sabina.
(d) Mrs. Antrobus.

4. 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.

5. Why does Mr. Antrobus smack Henry when he shows him the new invention?
(a) So Henry knows he loves him.
(b) Because Mr. Antrobus is mad at Henry.
(c) Because Mr. Antrobus always hits Henry.
(d) So Henry will have something to really remember the day.

6. Mrs. Antrobus says that she does not believe that sleeping with a window open is what?
(a) Healthy.
(b) Harmful.
(c) Painful.
(d) Necessary.

7. Mr. Antrobus, when he is elected president of the international society of mammals, gives a speech celebrating the extinction of what?
(a) The mammoth.
(b) The dinosaur.
(c) The whale.
(d) The dog.

8. Mr. Antrobus debunks the accusations that in the moments before his birth he almost chose to be what?
(a) A bird.
(b) A dog.
(c) A bee.
(d) A dolphin.

9. What role does Sabina play in the Antrobus household?
(a) Maid.
(b) Cook.
(c) Housekeeper.
(d) Nanny.

10. Why does Mr. Antrobus say it will be good to have a doctor around?
(a) Because a doctor is always a good person to have.
(b) Because their children are sick.
(c) Because their whole family is ill.
(d) Because so many of their children had died.

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

12. What does Sabina ask the audience to pass up for the fire?
(a) Their purses.
(b) Their clothing.
(c) Their money.
(d) Their chairs.

13. What are the occupations of the old women who are refugees?
(a) Music teachers and artists.
(b) Artists and poets.
(c) Writers and poets.
(d) Music teachers and writers.

14. Where does Mrs. Antrobus send the children so that she can talk to Mr. Antrobus alone?
(a) Their rooms.
(b) The study.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The playroom.

15. When Sabina steps out of her character, she says the reason that she took the part of Sabina was because she hadn't what?
(a) Been on stage in a while.
(b) Been in costume for a long time.
(c) Seen other people in a while.
(d) Worked in a long time.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before the Telegraph Boy can come into the house, Sabina and Mrs. Antrobus do what?

2. Sabina doesn't want to go outside to borrow some fire because she says it is too what?

3. What word does the Fortune Teller use to describe the flooding rain that is in humanity's future?

4. A society proclaiming the end of the world postponed it because they saw what?

5. Mr. Antrobus is introduced, during the slide show, as the inventor of what?

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