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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 does Pa vow as he leaves?
(a) To kill the king no matter what.
(b) To never return to the castle.
(c) To have revenge.
(d) To kill Buggerless no matter what.

2. What does Pa do when he he gets tired of hearing what Ma has to say?
(a) He runs out.
(b) He cusses and tells her to shut up.
(c) He smacks her in the mouth.
(d) He starts to make a plan.

3. When the king says that he has complete trust in Pa Ubu, how do Rosamund and Buggerless respond?
(a) They say he is too trusting.
(b) They say he is too mean hearted.
(c) They say he is hard headed.
(d) They say he is being foolish.

4. Why does Ma feel obligated to encourage Pa to seek out his ambitions?
(a) She is looking out for his best interests.
(b) She cannot act this way herself.
(c) She is manipulative.
(d) She wants him to go to jail.

5. How does Buggerless respond to the punishment?
(a) He says that he will do whatever he wants.
(b) He says he'll do as he is told.
(c) He says that he will kill Pa.
(d) He says he doesn't have to listen to his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does the messenger bring to Ma and Pa?

2. Which of the following best describes the characters in this play?

3. What does Ma Ubu want Pa to do?

4. What does Ma tell Pa about his thoughts?

5. What does the winner of the race get?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the letter brought to Pa and Ma from the messenger say?

2. What is the Polish army singing about and what does the sergeant drill them about?

3. What does Pa say to his soldiers when they take refuge from the storm in a cave?

4. What does Ma find as she searches for the kingdom's treasure and how does she react?

5. What happens when Pa goes to the peasants and demand they pay their taxes?

6. What are the peasants gossiping about?

7. What does Buggerless say that it is time for and how do his followers respond?

8. What does Ma pretend to be and why?

9. What happens when Pa tries to ride the horse and how do Ma and Pa react?

10. What suggestion does Manure make to please the peasants and what happens when Pa enacts this suggestion?

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