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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character are the Policeman and the Sergeant searching for in Act 2?
(a) Judge Gaunt.
(b) Trock.
(c) Shadow.
(d) Mio.

2. What does Mio realize about Miriamne and Garth in Act 2?
(a) They were lovers.
(b) They are hiding information.
(c) They are brother and sister.
(d) They have both been deceiving him.

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

4. In Act 2, how does Miriamne entice Mio to stay?
(a) She offers to share her bed.
(b) She kisses him.
(c) She hints that she will reveal more information.
(d) She offers him a hot meal.

5. What is the Tramp's name?
(a) Oke.
(b) Bartolomeo.
(c) John.
(d) Romanga.

6. According to Esdras, what is society built upon?
(a) The backs of the dead.
(b) Injustice.
(c) Truth.
(d) Lies.

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

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

9. In Act 2, what excuse does Mio give for knocking on the apartment door?
(a) He wanted to give Lucia money.
(b) He wanted to buy an apple from Piny.
(c) He is trying to earn tuition money.
(d) He is looking for the judge.

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

11. Why does the Tramp enter the apartment in Act 2?
(a) He is looking for a place to stay.
(b) To deliver a message.
(c) Esdras needs him to deliver a message.
(d) He is bleeding and needs help.

12. What does Miriamne's name mean?
(a) Sea of Bitterness.
(b) Little Miriam.
(c) Little Light.
(d) Daughter of Light.

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

14. How does Judge Gaunt describe the professor's work?
(a) A tawdry tabloid.
(b) Pure fabrication.
(c) Sheer genius.
(d) Drivel.

15. Why didn't the Sergeant find Shadow's body in the room?
(a) Shadow is alive and hiding under the bed.
(b) Miriamne moved the body to the kitchen.
(c) Shadow died in the back hallway.
(d) Shadow crawled out the bathroom window.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Judge Gaunt ask for assistance in getting home?

2. What does Miriamne give Mio before he leaves in Act 2?

3. Why does Mio refuse to kiss Miriamne at the end of Act 2?

4. According to Mio, who destroyed his father?

5. Who offers Judge Gaunt food in Act 2?

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