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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Trock and Shadow make Piny feel?
(a) Happy.
(b) Confused.
(c) Amused.
(d) Frightened.

2. Who is Judge Gaunt?
(a) Garth's upstairs neighbor.
(b) The judge who sent Garth to jail.
(c) The judge who sentenced Trock to prison.
(d) The judge at Romagna's trial.

3. What does Lucia tell Piny to do at the end of Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Ignore Trock.
(b) Look on the bright side.
(c) Pass the peas.
(d) Fetch the police.

4. Why does Trock fear death?
(a) He has no faith.
(b) His father died before he had a chance to really live.
(c) He is too young to die.
(d) He knows he would be executed if sent back to prison.

5. In Act 1, Scene 2, to what does Garth attribute his father's fears?
(a) The bill collector.
(b) Miriamne's absence.
(c) The cost of repairs.
(d) The weather.

6. What is Mio's purpose in life?
(a) To confront the man who murdered his father.
(b) To keep his father's identity safe.
(c) To find his father.
(d) To prove his father's innocence.

7. What is the Tramp doing at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Washing a shirt.
(b) Digging himself into a pile of rags to sleep.
(c) Watching the river.
(d) Stealing an apple.

8. Who is Mio?
(a) Garth's half-brother.
(b) Carr's cousin.
(c) A gang member.
(d) Romagna's son.

9. How is Miriamne related to Garth?
(a) She is Garth's cousin.
(b) She and Garth are lovers.
(c) She is Garth's sister.
(d) She is Garth's fiancée.

10. What comfort does Shadow offer Trock in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) His friends will remember him.
(b) True love always waits.
(c) There is no evidence to convict him.
(d) He is young and will heal.

11. In Act 1, Scene 2, which character did Trock come to visit?
(a) Shadow.
(b) Esdras.
(c) Miriamne.
(d) Garth.

12. What have the police told Lucia to stop doing?
(a) Speaking about politics on the street corner.
(b) Panhandling for money.
(c) Playing his piano in the street.
(d) Giving the Tramp food.

13. What instrument does Lucia play?
(a) A guitar.
(b) A piano.
(c) A violin.
(d) A flute.

14. Who does Esdras bring into the apartment?
(a) Judge Gaunt.
(b) Shadow.
(c) Lucia.
(d) Carr.

15. What does Carr whistle as the crowd disperses in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) The Star Spangled Banner.
(b) Ode To Joy.
(c) America the Beautiful.
(d) The Battle Hymn of the Republic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Act 1, Scene 1, what revelation does Trock give Shadow about his personal life?

2. What does Carr prevent the policeman from doing in Act 1, Scene 3?

3. In Act 1, Scene 2, who asks Miriamne to leave the room?

4. Where does Garth tell Miriamne to go in Act 1, Scene 2?

5. Based on Trock's speech and mannerisms, how does he appear to be feeling in Act 1, Scene 1?

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