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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scenes 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Manure suggest Pa should do?
(a) Have the people ask for the amount they need.
(b) Hold a race to earn a chest full of gold.
(c) Stop handing out gold and save it for himself.
(d) Hold auditions where the best will win gold.

2. Who does Pa blame as he runs into the room to meet with the king?
(a) Old woman and Manure.
(b) Manure only.
(c) He blames the king's sons.
(d) Ma only.

3. Which of the following describes how the language of the play opens?
(a) Proper English mixed with some slang terms.
(b) A language foreign to theEnglish speaking reader.
(c) Crudely filled with cursing and epithets.
(d) Eccentric and sometimes unintelligible language.

4. What does Buggerless call Pa?
(a) A moron.
(b) A fool.
(c) A waife.
(d) A murderer.

5. What news does the messenger bring to Ma and Pa?
(a) They are being evicted from their home.
(b) They are being summoned to meet the king.
(c) Manure needs to meet with them in private.
(d) Manure has brought them up on charges.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Pa feel when he hears what Manure has to say?

2. What type of play is this?

3. What does the king do for Pa?

4. What does Ma tell Pa about his thoughts?

5. Why is Pa willing to give away some of the money?

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