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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Da do before he turns lucid again?
(a) Sings an Irish song.
(b) Swears in French.
(c) Strips off all his clothes.
(d) Cries.

2. How long does Charlie say he had intended to stay at the job at Drumm's?
(a) One month.
(b) One year.
(c) Two years.
(d) One week.

3. In his final days, Da talked to Charlie as though Charlie were ___________________.
(a) Mother.
(b) Mother's father.
(c) A priest.
(d) Insane.

4. Who is sitting in the living room when Charlie gets home?
(a) Mary.
(b) Mother.
(c) Young Charlie.
(d) Da.

5. What was the only thing Young Charlie could give Da for Christmas one year?
(a) Six razor blades.
(b) An ashtray.
(c) A tie.
(d) A handmade card.

6. What type of death do Da and Charlie say that Mother died?
(a) An honest death.
(b) A slow, painful death.
(c) An Irishwoman's death.
(d) A natural death.

7. Charlie says that Da was always ______________.
(a) loving.
(b) loyal.
(c) cheap.
(d) funny.

8. From where has Charlie just come?
(a) A bar.
(b) A hospital.
(c) A wedding.
(d) A funeral.

9. How old is Drumm when he appears in Act 2, Part 4?
(a) In his eighties.
(b) In his sixties.
(c) In his seventies.
(d) In his fifties.

10. What did Charlie do that made Drumm never speak to him at work again?
(a) Wrote bad checks.
(b) Ran over his dog.
(c) Crossed the street to avoid meeting him.
(d) Had an affair with his wife.

11. What memento does Mrs. Prynne give Charlie?
(a) A clump of fused sunglasses.
(b) A nautical paperweight.
(c) A tiki head.
(d) A Faberge egg.

12. Charlie had _______________ but never liked him.
(a) idolized Drumm.
(b) respected Drumm.
(c) tolerated Drumm.
(d) been taught well by Drumm.

13. In a memory, Mother is late for dinner and _____________.
(a) angry.
(b) confused.
(c) sad.
(d) happy.

14. How old is the woman who appears to Young Charlie in Act 2, Part 2?
(a) Thirty-five.
(b) Late Sixties.
(c) Early Twenties.
(d) Middle-aged.

15. What does Da bring into the living room in the present memory?
(a) Snow globe.
(b) Ashtray.
(c) Sunglasses.
(d) Razor blades.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Charlie say Mother will react to Da's legacy?

2. Young Charlie says that Da may not have had money but he had ______________.

3. Who is the woman who appears to Young Charlie in Act 2, Part 2?

4. Who follows Young Charlie downstairs?

5. What does Da offer to Charlie?

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