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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Charlie as the play opens?
(a) Sitting in his childhood home.
(b) Sleeping in bed.
(c) Playing poker at the club.
(d) Drinking at the pub.

2. What does Da tell adult Charlie about a particular cliff?
(a) He almost slipped and fell there one time.
(b) A girl fell to her death there when he was a boy.
(c) The devil himself had visited it.
(d) It is called Lover's Leap.

3. What is Young Charlie doing as Mother talks to him about her life?
(a) Writing a letter.
(b) Watching TV.
(c) Peeling potatoes.
(d) Playing solitaire.

4. What does Mother reveal to Drumm which is overheard by Young Charlie?
(a) Young Charlie has a terminal illness.
(b) Young Charlie is being sent back to his birth parents.
(c) Young Charlie is not bright enough to go to college.
(d) Young Charlie was adopted.

5. Which of the following do Charlie and Oliver not talk about?
(a) Girls they dated.
(b) School subjects they liked.
(c) Movies they saw.
(d) Expressions they used.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mary doing when Young Charlie and Oliver appear?

2. What cannot be said about Da after this scene with Mary?

3. How does Mary respond to Da's question?

4. How long had Charlie been working at Drumm's when Young Charlie has a conversation with Drumm?

5. "Da" is an Irish term for ____________.

(see the answer key)

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