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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ma Ubu want Pa to do?

2. What does Buggerless say that he wants to do?

3. How does Ma react to the exchange?

4. What reason does the person give for wanting the king to change his mind?

5. What does Manure complain about in regards to Pa?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Ma and Pa doing on the deck of the ship?

2. What does Ma tell him while she is pretending and how does he respond?

3. What reason does the queen give for asking the king to reconsider Buggerless' punishment?

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

5. Why does Pa call a meeting of his councilors?

6. What does Pa say is the reason the men were able to have victory over the bear?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the chaotic writing style used by the author help to make one of the play's key thematic points? Do you agree with this thematic point? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The play was originally preformed as a puppet show. In what ways would this play be better shown as a puppet show? In what ways are human actors better?

Essay Topic 3

What contradictions occurred within the novel? Why do you believe the author included them? Do you believe they were necessary to keep the audience engaged? Why or why not?

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