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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mary say she will do with Young Charlie?
(a) Ride bikes.
(b) Study.
(c) Go out with him.
(d) Go to church.

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

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

4. How long has it been since Charlie and Oliver have seen each other?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 2 years.

5. What job does Charlie's birth mother do?
(a) Laborer.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Cook.
(d) Sales person.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Mary call Young Charlie?

2. Where is Charlie as the play opens?

3. Charlie recalls when Drumm had come to give him _______________.

4. What does Da ask Mary?

5. Which of the following does Drumm not say about Da?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Charlie injure his hand on the glasses sculpture?

2. What is the author's purpose for including this brief scene with Mary, Young Charlie and Da?

3. How does the play, DA, open?

4. What is "an Irishwoman's death"?

5. How does Act 2, Part 3 begin?

6. What charges does Young Charlie level at Adult Charlie about the way his life turned out?

7. What does Da do when he appears the second time in the scene?

8. What does Drumm bring to the house for Charlie and how does Charlie respond?

9. How does the author use foreshadowing regarding the razor blades Charlie gave to Da for Christmas one year?

10. What foreshadowing does the author use regarding Da's intention for his legacy?

(see the answer keys)

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