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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Da says that there will be plenty of jobs when ____________ takes over.
(a) Stalin and the Russians.
(b) Roosevelt and the Americans.
(c) Churchill and the British.
(d) Hitler and the Germans.

2. What does Da say when Charlie tells him he loves him?
(a) Why shouldn't you?
(b) And I'm glad of it.
(c) Of course you do.
(d) Back at you, son.

3. Which of the following did Da not do while courting Mother?
(a) Said he wanted to marry her.
(b) Said he had a good job.
(c) Came to her house.
(d) Brought her flowers.

4. Young Charlie's birth mother __________________.
(a) was too young to keep him.
(b) kept him as long as she could.
(c) tried to abort him.
(d) prayed for a good family for him.

5. What is the theme of DA as dramatized in Act 1, Part 1?
(a) Love your parents before they die.
(b) Once a loser, always a loser.
(c) There is no escaping the past.
(d) Beer and women should always be warm.

6. Where does Drumm ask Young Charlie to go with him?
(a) For a walk.
(b) To a rugby game.
(c) To the pub.
(d) To the office.

7. What name does Mary call Young Charlie?
(a) Daddy's Boy.
(b) Bastard.
(c) Son of a Bitch.
(d) Daddy's Little Baby.

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

9. What cannot be said about Da after this scene with Mary?
(a) He was vindictive.
(b) He was chatty.
(c) He was friendly.
(d) He was open hearted.

10. How does Adult Charlie realize his Mother and Da expressed their love?
(a) Fervently.
(b) Passionately.
(c) Constantly.
(d) Badly.

11. "Da" is an Irish term for ____________.
(a) Beer.
(b) Idiot.
(c) Buddy.
(d) Father.

12. What does Charlie say that Da had been for all of Charlie's life?
(a) A millstone.
(b) A nuisance.
(c) A blessing.
(d) A real inspiration.

13. What does Mary do when Young Charlie puts his hand on her knee?
(a) She runs away.
(b) She screams.
(c) She puts her hand on his knee.
(d) She laughs.

14. What does Young Charlie do when he hears that he was adopted?
(a) Screams.
(b) Runs out of the house.
(c) Throws a vase against the wall.
(d) Beats on his Mother.

15. Da tells Charlie that he never told him _______________.
(a) a lie.
(b) about his birth mother.
(c) he loved him.
(d) about sex.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does Charlie ask himself about his Mother?

2. What is the name of the man Mother had loved?

3. Who takes the letter from Young Charlie?

4. Why does Mother think that Da ruined Young Charlie's chances for a job?

5. Charlie confronts Da, asking why he hadn't ever ____________________.

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