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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. Mother again laments Henry's strangeness, and what does she hope?
(a) Henry's children will not be strange.
(b) He will straighten out.
(c) John will turn out not to be strange as well.
(d) He will not become more strange.

2. Henry agrees to take her to shore if she will do what?
(a) Marry John.
(b) Go to church with him.
(c) Go to church with John.
(d) Marry him.

3. What similarity between Henry and Waldo do John and Mother note?
(a) Waldo and Henry's speeches.
(b) Waldo and Henry's personalites.
(c) Waldo and Henry's looks.
(d) Waldo and Henry's irritability.

4. Ball notes that it is a sin to work on Sundays, and what does John note about Henry?
(a) He does not consider gardening to be work.
(b) He worships in nature.
(c) He is a sinner.
(d) God would not mind Henry's work.

5. What is the only reason for why Henry leaves his home?
(a) For trips to town for supplies.
(b) To visit friends.
(c) To see his family.
(d) To go swimming.

Short Answer Questions

1. John's cheering of Henry leads to what inspiration?

2. If more people were willing to go to jail to protest the government, they could effect change on what scale?

3. Henry tells John that college was a waste of time except for what?

4. Why is Bailey in jail?

5. Why is Henry applying for work as a repair person?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Henry's negotiations for his pay for working for Waldo.

2. Why does Henry think more people should be willing to go to jail?

3. What happens after Henry gives Waldo the advice to speak out against the war?

4. How does Henry show affection for Lydian? What is her response?

5. How does Henry know what work needs to be done for Waldo and Lydian?

6. How does Henry get out of jail?

7. What is the set for this play?

8. Describe the scene when Sam Staples tells him he must pay his property taxes?

9. What does Henry say to Ellen, showing the audience that he likes her?

10. Waldo marvels at Henry, and expresses his own admiration for Henry's beliefs. He refers to Henry as a "walking ethic," living proof of Transcendentalism. Why does he feel this way about Henry?

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