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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 is the reason for Young Charlie's letter?
(a) Request to get married.
(b) Declaration of love.
(c) Father's Day greeting.
(d) Gratitude for a job offer.

2. Charlie comments that Young Charlie never _________________.
(a) went to Spain.
(b) stood up to Da and Mother.
(c) made the rugby team.
(d) learned to play chess.

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

4. How did Mother respond to Da's marriage proposal?
(a) She said yes immediately.
(b) She said she would have to think about it.
(c) She had no say in the matter.
(d) She told him no at first.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Charlie as the play opens?

2. Who does Charlie say told him that what Da said about Charlie's birth mother wasn't true?

3. Which of the following does Mary not do when Charlie rebuffs her?

4. What does Charlie realize after the scene with Mary?

5. Why does Mother not like Young Charlie's letter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does it mean that Charlie doesn't talk to his Mother like he does to Da and Young Charlie?

2. How does Da make his first appearance in the play?

3. How long has it been since Charlie and Oliver have seen each other and what do they talk about?

4. How does Act 2, Part 2 end?

5. What has become of the spectacles sculpture?

6. How does Young Charlie make his first appearance in the play?

7. How does Mother take control of Charlie's letter writing?

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

9. Describe how Da and Mother say goodbye to Young Charlie.

10. What advice does Drumm give Young Charlie on the job he offers him?

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