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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Mayo threaten to do to Andrew if he finds him still at home in the morning?
(a) Throw him out.
(b) Make a new plan.
(c) Hug him.
(d) Give him breakfast.

2. What is the setting of Act I, Scene I?
(a) Car.
(b) The side of the road at twilight.
(c) Farmhouse.
(d) Library.

3. What is Andrew's job on the ship?
(a) Head officer.
(b) Deck swabber.
(c) Deck hand.
(d) Cook.

4. Who says the hills around the farm feel like a prison?
(a) James.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Andrew.
(d) Robert.

5. What is Ben's job?
(a) Cook.
(b) Painter.
(c) Accountant.
(d) Hired hand.

6. Why does Robert bring up Uncle Dick's name when he's talking with Ruth in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) He says he doesn't like him.
(b) He's worried about disappointing him.
(c) He wonders if she's met him.
(d) He wants her to interview him.

7. What charms Ruth about Robert's voice when he's telling the dreams of his childhood?
(a) His British accent.
(b) Its low, musical sound.
(c) His gruff sound.
(d) Its high-pitched quality.

8. What does Andrew say is not part of Robert's nature when he is talking with him at the fence?
(a) Plowing and farming.
(b) Dreaming.
(c) Book reading.
(d) Poetry.

9. What does Dick Scott fix up on his ship for Robert?
(a) Cabin.
(b) Dining room.
(c) Galley.
(d) Reading room.

10. What is one opportunity that Andrew says Robert will have by going on the sea voyage?
(a) He'll make money.
(b) Volunteer work.
(c) Learn how to cook.
(d) More time to study biology.

11. Where is Andrew when Robert tells his family that he loves Ruth?
(a) Sitting room.
(b) Barn.
(c) Porch.
(d) Kitchen.

12. Who says "I've earned my right to quit when I want to?"
(a) Robert.
(b) Mr. Mayo.
(c) Andrew.
(d) Ruth.

13. Who is joining the Mayo family for dinner at the beginning of the play?
(a) Ben.
(b) Ruth and her mother.
(c) Scott.
(d) Uncle Matthew.

14. Who says "We'll be late for supper, Rob?"
(a) Ruth's mother.
(b) Kate.
(c) Andrew.
(d) Ruth.

15. What does Andrew say from offstage at the end of Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Anyone home?
(b) Where are you?
(c) What's going on?
(d) Ahoy!

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Atkins use in order to move around?

2. What does Mrs. Mayo say her husband died of?

3. What is Dick Scott's title?

4. Who says Andrew is a born farmer while talking after dinner?

5. What excuse does Ruth use as the reason she has to stay on the farm?

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