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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Sabina wearing when she appears in the play for the first time?
(a) A jumper.
(b) A dark blue pant suit.
(c) A skirt.
(d) A uniform.

2. When Sabina and Mrs. Antrobus argue at the beginning of the play, what sticks its head through the window and complains about the cold?
(a) The dog.
(b) The dinosaur.
(c) The horse.
(d) The mammoth.

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

4. What does Mrs. Antrobus do when she sees Henry's hair isn't covering his forehead?
(a) Sings.
(b) Panics.
(c) Laughs.
(d) Cries.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Sabina asks the Fortune Teller if whom has come?

2. How many people speak during a monologue?

3. Mrs. Antrobus orders Henry to cheer up his father by reciting what?

4. What is one of Mr. Antrobus' most notable achievements?

5. Who slips past the barricade and comes into the house and becomes comfortable?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Mrs. Antrobus' speech to the international society of mammals, what does she list as her more important discoveries?

2. What are the clear parallels between the story the Fortune Tellers tells and the Biblical story of Noah's Ark?

3. Why do Sabina and Mrs. Antrobus blockade the door?

4. Sabina breaks character to stop the scene when Henry reaches out to strangle Mr. Antrobus. What does she say?

5. When Sabina begins to repeat her lines from Act 1, she breaks character and tells the audience what?

6. Before Mr. Antrobus starts his speech with the broadcast officials, what does he comment on?

7. What does Gladys tell Mr. Antrobus before running away from Mr. and Mrs. Antrobus?

8. What do Mr. Antrobus and Henry represent during their confrontation?

9. What are the accusations leveled at Mr. Antrobus that he debunks in his speech to the international society of mammals?

10. Why does Gladys hold her baby to the sky?

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