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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Sparky, Hurst and Attercliffe wait?
(a) The moat.
(b) The harbor.
(c) The Wharf.
(d) The bar.

2. What is the name of the pub landlady?
(a) Fran Jackson.
(b) Mrs. Davison.
(c) Janet Yearly.
(d) Mrs. Hitchcock.

3. What does Annie say soldiers are good for dropping into?
(a) Ditches.
(b) Graves.
(c) The sea.
(d) Trenches.

4. What kind of gun does the Bargee say he can get Walsh?
(a) A machine gun.
(b) A Winchester.
(c) A Gatling.
(d) A Magnum.

5. Which two characters get into a fight in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Musgrave and Walsh.
(b) Sparky and Hurst.
(c) The slow collier and the pugnacious collier.
(d) The bargee and Crooked Joe.

6. What does Hurst remind Musgrave?
(a) They are on the run.
(b) They are soldiers.
(c) They have no money.
(d) They are men.

7. What does the Bargee say the soldiers have come to do?
(a) Recruit.
(b) Stop the strike.
(c) Sleep the night.
(d) Protect the town.

8. What does Musgrave say they are in the company of?
(a) God's love.
(b) God's word.
(c) God's soul.
(d) God's joy.

9. Who does Annie flirt with?
(a) Sparky.
(b) Hurst.
(c) Musgrave.
(d) The bargee.

10. Why does Mrs. Hitchcock have to pour the drinks herself?
(a) Annie is breast feeding.
(b) Annie has hurt her hand.
(c) Annie has gone to the toilet.
(d) Annie is crying.

11. What is the main industry in the part of the country the soldiers are visiting?
(a) Coal mining.
(b) Gold mining.
(c) Steel mining.
(d) Diamond mining.

12. What reason does Annie give Hurst for coming?
(a) So they can wake up the neighborhood.
(b) So they can have fun.
(c) So they will both be warm.
(d) So they make Sparky jealous.

13. What does the Mayor say every recruit will receive?
(a) A gun.
(b) A badge.
(c) Compensation.
(d) A key to the town.

14. Where do Attecliffe, Sparky and Hurst have to sleep?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The hallway.
(c) The bar.
(d) The stables.

15. Who does Parson hope the soldiers will recruit?
(a) The teenagers.
(b) The drunkards.
(c) The delinquents.
(d) The strikers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the soldiers and Mrs. Hitchcock drink a toast to?

2. What does the Mayor discuss with the Parson?

3. What is the name of the collier Musgrave collides with as he leaves the bar?

4. What does Attercliff say they have to expose the corruption of?

5. What does the Constable say the town needs?

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