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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. Why does Ma get angry with Pa?
(a) He is calling her names.
(b) He is eating the food she is saving for her guests.
(c) He is taking down the decorations that she put up.
(d) He is using language she doesn't want her guests to hear.

2. What does the king refer to from Pa's past?
(a) His honesty and loyalty to the king.
(b) His childhood best friend.
(c) His service in the army.
(d) His knowledge of the country.

3. Which of the following characters are the names of the soldiers who are helping with the plan to kill the king?
(a) Wenceslas and Duncan.
(b) Manure and Buggerless.
(c) Heads and Tails.
(d) Boleslas and Ladislas.

4. How does Scene 7 end?
(a) With Bugglerless making plans.
(b) With Manure planning to kill Pa.
(c) Rosamund praying.
(d) With a party.

5. Where does Pa meet with King Wenceslas?
(a) In the garden.
(b) In his bedroom.
(c) Throne room.
(d) At his dinner table.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Buggerless fight with as Rosamund gets away?

2. What does Pa allow all of the peasants who did not win the race to do?

3. What is the main plot line in Act 1 of this play?

4. What does the king remind Pa that he has to come to?

5. What happens at the parade?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Ma share with the audience in her soliloquy?

2. What does Pa do after the race is complete and the peasants have taken their gold coin?

3. What does Ma say that she and Pa still have to be careful with and what do they owe Manure?

4. What do Pa, Ma and the captain discuss and what promise does Pa make to the captain?

5. What happens once Buggerless and Rosamund arrive at the cavern in the hills?

6. Why had the king called Pa to his throne room?

7. What does Pa do after he is crowned?

8. How do Ma and Pa react to the information in the letter?

9. What happens when Pa's scout reports that the Russians are nearby?

10. What does Pa have to say about Manure and how does Ma respond?

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