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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Chris feel about her job?
(a) She is bored by every minute of it.
(b) She is grateful for every minute of it.
(c) She hates every minute of it.
(d) She loves every minute of it.

2. What does Uncle Jack think is good about the multiple-wife system?
(a) It prevents jealousy and spite.
(b) There are no spinsters.
(c) There are more children.
(d) Everybody helps everybody else.

3. When does Chris say Michael always vanishes?
(a) When there's work to be done.
(b) When it's bedtime.
(c) When it's dinnertime.
(d) When it's time to feed the chickens.

4. What does Chris want Gerry Evans to do for the family?
(a) Dance with the sisters.
(b) Move in with them.
(c) Fix the radio.
(d) Write to them from Spain.

5. What is the first step in swapping possessions in Uncle Jack's village in Uganda?
(a) Hand your possession to the recipient.
(b) Present your possession to a third party.
(c) Fling your possession in the air.
(d) Put your possession on the ground and step away from it.

6. What happened to Rose's pet rooster?
(a) It died mysteriously.
(b) Maggie killed it.
(c) Rose killed it.
(d) The fox killed it.

7. Why does Rose say she has to leave the berry picking early?
(a) She says she is sleepy.
(b) She says she has an appointment.
(c) She says she is sick.
(d) She says she has to go to town.

8. What skill does Gerry Evans have that the army wanted?
(a) He can fire a cannon.
(b) He can speak Spanish.
(c) He can ride a motor bike.
(d) He can make explosives.

9. What role does Gerry Evans love to play?
(a) Heartbreaker.
(b) Returning hero.
(c) Fast-talking salesman.
(d) Disabled war veteran.

10. What work does Kate find after leaving her teaching job?
(a) She works as a dressmaker.
(b) She marries Austin Morgan.
(c) She tutors Austin Morgan's family.
(d) She has to apply at the knitting factory.

11. Which of the sisters takes over to organize the search for Rose?
(a) Maggie.
(b) Chris.
(c) Kate.
(d) Agnes.

12. Which sister is dead when Michael finds them?
(a) Both were dead when Michael found them.
(b) Neither was dead when Michael found them.
(c) Agnes.
(d) Rose.

13. What has Michael painted on the kites?
(a) White roosters.
(b) Forest animals.
(c) Sunny, happy faces.
(d) Cruel, garish faces.

14. What phrase comforts Kate when she thinks of Uncle Jack's pagan worship?
(a) "His own way of looking at the world."
(b) "His own ecumenical understanding."
(c) "His way of bringing the world together."
(d) "His own distinctive spiritual search."

15. What popular song does Gerry Evans dance to with the sisters in Act 2?
(a) Dancing in the Dark.
(b) Anything Goes.
(c) String of Pearls.
(d) Pennsylvania 6-5000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Uncle Jack promise he'll do soon?

2. Where are Agnes and Rose when Michael finds them?

3. What word does Kate use to describe Michael?

4. What is unusual about the recruiter of which Gerry Evans learns as he writes his name?

5. Why can't Vera McLaughlin work in the new factory?

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