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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Young Charlie tells Charlie that Mother and Da always _____________ around Drumm.
(a) hesitated.
(b) laughed.
(c) cried.
(d) crawled.

2. Where does Drumm suggest that Da and Mother send Young Charlie?
(a) America.
(b) College.
(c) England.
(d) Boarding school.

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

4. Charlie confronts Da, asking why he hadn't ever ____________________.
(a) stopped Mother.
(b) divorced Mother.
(c) remarried.
(d) gone back to church.

5. What does Charlie tell Da about Mary?
(a) Every boy in school wanted to be with her.
(b) She was the oldest of ten children.
(c) She was a straight-A student.
(d) He wanted to marry her.

6. Drumm tells Young Charlie that __________ are harder to get out of than get into.
(a) marriages.
(b) jobs.
(c) love affairs.
(d) schools.

7. Who does Charlie say told him that what Da said about Charlie's birth mother wasn't true?
(a) Oliver.
(b) His adoptive mother.
(c) His aunt.
(d) Drumm.

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

9. What does Mary become in Young Charlie's eyes?
(a) A saint.
(b) A child.
(c) A whore.
(d) A person.

10. What is the name of the young woman who appears with Charlie in Act 1, Part 3?
(a) Eileen.
(b) Mary.
(c) Rosemary.
(d) Colleen.

11. What ritual does Da have trouble with?
(a) Reading the paper.
(b) Ironing a shirt.
(c) Shaving.
(d) Making tea.

12. Which of the following does Drumm not say about Da?
(a) He's stupid.
(b) He's small in spirit.
(c) He's no good.
(d) He's brilliant.

13. Why has Oliver stopped at Charlie's father's house?
(a) To return a shovel.
(b) To offer condolences.
(c) To borrow a lawn mower.
(d) To pick up mail.

14. Drumm's visit with Young Charlie is essentially _____________________.
(a) a nuisance.
(b) a done deal.
(c) a waste of time.
(d) a job interview.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary do when Young Charlie puts his hand on her knee?

2. Da tells Charlie that he never told him _______________.

3. What does Young Charlie do when he hears that he was adopted?

4. Who appears with Charlie at the beginning of Act 1, Part 3?

5. As an adult, Charlie angrily says that he shouldn't love Da because he ______________.

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