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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What announcement does Carr make at the end of Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Someone has been shot.
(b) Esdras is dead.
(c) Esdras fell in the river.
(d) There has been a wreck.

2. In Act 1, Scene 3, who follows Shadow as he exits?
(a) The Tramp.
(b) Mio.
(c) Two young men in blue serge.
(d) Trock.

3. What does Shadow take away from Trock in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) His phone.
(b) A gun.
(c) A knife.
(d) A letter.

4. According to Judge Gaunt's critics, which character should have been called as a witness in Romagna's trial?
(a) Shadow.
(b) Garth.
(c) Mio.
(d) Trock.

5. What did Mio's father leave behind when he died?
(a) A letter.
(b) His love.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A trust fund.

6. What do Lucia and Piny take away at the end of Act 1?
(a) The piano.
(b) The apple cart.
(c) A dead body.
(d) A pair of shoes.

7. Who does Trock want to drive home in a car?
(a) Garth.
(b) Judge Gaunt.
(c) Mio.
(d) Lucia.

8. In Act 2, how does Mio keep Trock from leaving the room?
(a) With Trock's own gun.
(b) By blocking the doorway.
(c) By threatening to call the police.
(d) By locking the door.

9. Who is Miriamne waiting for in the beginning of Act 2?
(a) Mio.
(b) Garth.
(c) Trock.
(d) Lucia.

10. Why does Garth claim he was taken in for questioning at the time of the pay roll robbery murder?
(a) He once met Romagna at a party.
(b) He is a victim of racial profiling.
(c) He was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
(d) He resembled a suspect.

11. In Act 1, Scene 3, whom does Shadow say he is keeping out of trouble?
(a) Garth.
(b) Himself.
(c) Trock.
(d) Mio.

12. At the end of Act 1, why does Mio remain outside after all the other characters have left?
(a) He claims to have business in the neighborhood.
(b) He wants to see the body for himself.
(c) He has nowhere to go.
(d) He is waiting for Miriamne.

13. In Act 2, why doesn't Trock leave in the rain?
(a) It takes ten days off his life.
(b) He doesn't want his hair to get wet.
(c) He fears ruining the letter.
(d) He sees the policeman waiting outside.

14. Which characters tell Mio his father was guilty?
(a) Lucia and Piny.
(b) Esdras and Garth.
(c) Garth and Judge Gaunt.
(d) Trock and Shadow.

15. What is Mio really searching for when he knocks on the apartment door in Chapter 2?
(a) Trock's letter.
(b) Miriamne.
(c) A place to sleep.
(d) The truth about the pay roll robbery murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Esdras, what is society built upon?

2. Where is Act 2 set?

3. What is Miriamne's ethnic background?

4. According to Mio, who destroyed his father?

5. Who tells Mio to leave the apartment?

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