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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Lavinia calling away to help in Play Three, Act Three?
(a) Peter.
(b) The doctor.
(c) Seth.
(d) The cook.

2. Christine tells Orin that Lavinia becomes _________ since he is gone.
(a) Softer.
(b) Controlling.
(c) Insane.
(d) Wiser.

3. What does Brant give up to runaway with Christine?
(a) His fortune.
(b) His dignity.
(c) His family.
(d) His ship.

4. What does Orin call Lavinia in Act Two of Play Three?
(a) Whore.
(b) Lover.
(c) Beloved.
(d) Witch.

5. What song is the chantyman singing at the beginning of Play Two, Act Four?
(a) Shenandoah.
(b) Moon River.
(c) Amazing Grace.
(d) Swing Low.

6. How many letters does Orin receive from Christine in the last six months of the war?
(a) Two.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Ten.
(d) One.

7. What does Lavinia force Orin to say doesn't exist at the beginning of the third play?
(a) Christine.
(b) Past.
(c) Love.
(d) Ghosts.

8. How much time passes between Acts One and Two of Play Three?
(a) Two days.
(b) One month.
(c) One year.
(d) Two weeks.

9. Who does Lavinia tell Orin forgets them at the end of the first scene in Play Three, Act One?
(a) The dead.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Brant and Christine.
(d) Hazel and Peter.

10. What does Lavinia wish Orin has the courage to do at the beginning of Play Three, Act Three?
(a) Leave the house.
(b) Forget Christine.
(c) Kill himself.
(d) Marry Hazel.

11. Where does Christine tell Brant it looks like she goes if they sail away together?
(a) A voyage of grief.
(b) Boston.
(c) Visiting friends.
(d) New York.

12. Who does Christine call out to protect Adam Brant at the end of Play Two, Act Three?
(a) Ezra.
(b) Orin.
(c) Lavinia.
(d) David.

13. What is the name of the islander that Orin taunts Christine about?
(a) Abner.
(b) Avahanni.
(c) Ashanti.
(d) Ashmanni.

14. Seth tells Hazel he lets Abner Small in the house to stop the __________.
(a) Voices.
(b) Ghosts.
(c) Gossip.
(d) Rats.

15. Who does Abner Small say haunts the Mannon house?
(a) Abe.
(b) David.
(c) Christine.
(d) Ezra.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Orin say, in the last play, that Lavinia steals from their mother?

2. What is Orin carrying, when he and Lavinia return to the house in Act Five of the second play?

3. How long does Abner Small have to stay in the Mannon house to win the bet?

4. Orin angrily tells Lavinia, in the last play, that they have no right to what?

5. What is the last word that Christine says before killing herself?

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