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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Nat go to bed early?
(a) To avoid the other boys.
(b) He gets a high fever.
(c) He wants to get up early to learn his lines.
(d) He is tired from the excitement of the first rehearsal.

2. Who is Rachel?
(a) Arby's daughter.
(b) Arby's assistant.
(c) Nat's sister.
(d) Nat's girlfriend.

3. What does Nurse Stevens do that calms Nat to sleep?
(a) Gives him an sleeping pill.
(b) Hums a 16th century lullaby.
(c) Sings a few lines from a Shakespeare play.
(d) Recites a few lines from A Midsummer Night's Dream.

4. Who offers to let Nat live with him?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Shelton.
(c) Burbage.
(d) No one.

5. Who is a leading actor in the Lord Chamberlain's Men?
(a) Richard Burbage.
(b) William Shakespeare.
(c) Nat.
(d) Harry.

6. What play is Shakespeare thinking of writing?
(a) All's Well that Ends Well.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) As You Like It.
(d) The Tempest.

7. Whose voice sounds somewhat like Elizabethan English?
(a) Nat's.
(b) Arby's.
(c) Gil's.
(d) No one's.

8. How can the boys afford to go to the bear pit?
(a) Their parents give him an allowance.
(b) Roper stole money from Burbage.
(c) They can sneak in since Roper knows a way.
(d) Roper stole money from Harry.

9. What do the apprentices eat for lunch?
(a) Bread and jam.
(b) Bread and cheese.
(c) Meat pies and beer.
(d) Nothing.

10. Why does Nat fall?
(a) The trap door was open.
(b) A boy trips him.
(c) A stage prop was not moved?
(d) He gets dizzy.

11. Of what does Nat dream?
(a) His dead brother.
(b) His dead dog.
(c) Flying high above Earth.
(d) His parents.

12. Why does Robert doubt Nat's ability?
(a) Because Nat is so short.
(b) Because Nat is so tall.
(c) Because Nat slips on his first attempt.
(d) Because Nat is merely a St. Paul's boy.

13. Where does Nat move in Chapter 10?
(a) An orphanage.
(b) Paris.
(c) He stays where he has been living.
(d) Shakespeare's home.

14. What does Mistress Fawcett say about Shakespeare when he is working upstairs?
(a) Shakespeare is not to be disturbed.
(b) Shakespeare often buys flowers and tips her well.
(c) Shakespeare often has others come and join him upstairs and they are not to be disturbed.
(d) Shakespeare often makes strange noises and to ignore that.

15. Where is Nat lying semi-delirious in his real time?
(a) His room at the Fischer home.
(b) His room in a London orphanage.
(c) Guy's Hospital.
(d) He is not ill any longer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What play will be performed in the afternoon?

2. What was Nat's father's occupation?

3. What does Nat notice about Harry's speech?

4. What do Nat and Harry do during the afternoon performance?

5. For how long will the Company of Boys rehearse in their current location?

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