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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Bargee urge the crowd to as the dragoon arrests Musgrave and Attercliffe?
(a) Applaud.
(b) Cheer.
(c) Run.
(d) Boo.

2. What does Annie sit with in her lap?
(a) Sparky's photograph.
(b) Billy's skeleton.
(c) A Gatling gun.
(d) A beer.

3. What does Musgrave tell the crown he is there to say?
(a) The people's word.
(b) God's word.
(c) Propaganda.
(d) The truth.

4. What does Musgrave say authority urges people to do?
(a) Hide.
(b) Kill.
(c) Hate,
(d) Loot.

5. What does Annie plead for Musgrave to do?
(a) Spare the town's folk.
(b) Leave with the constable.
(c) Leave the town.
(d) Cut down Billy's bones.

6. What does Musgrave say he will do if anyone moves?
(a) Take a hostage.
(b) Stab them.
(c) Kill himself.
(d) Shoot them.

7. Which two characters are in prison?
(a) Hurst and Attercliffe.
(b) The bargee and Walsh.
(c) Sparky and Hicks.
(d) Attercliffe and Musgrave.

8. What does Musgrave say happens if you follow orders?
(a) You end up hanging from a rope.
(b) You end up separated from your mates.
(c) You end up in an enemy's prison.
(d) You end up dead.

9. What does Attercliffe wonder if he will be able to start?
(a) An orchard.
(b) A church.
(c) A family.
(d) A war.

10. Who does the mayor say he has to introduce to the crowd?
(a) The parson.
(b) Hurst.
(c) Mrs. Hitchcock.
(d) Musgrave.

11. Why does the Bargee say people are trying to get into the coach house?
(a) To steal the soldiers' gear.
(b) To build a barracks.
(c) To set it alight.
(d) To hold prisoners.

12. Who arrives to wake Musgrave from his nightmare?
(a) Mrs. Hitchcock.
(b) The bargee.
(c) Sparky.
(d) Annie.

13. Who does Hurst remind Musgrave is coming?
(a) The police.
(b) The Marines.
(c) The National Guard.
(d) Dragoons.

14. What drink does Mrs. Hitchcock bring the two men?
(a) Sherry.
(b) Ale.
(c) Port.
(d) Vodka.

15. What does the Bargee get the crown to do at the end of Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Go home.
(b) Dance.
(c) Give speeches.
(d) Boo Musgrave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Walsh say is the proof anybody needs of what life is like as a soldiers?

2. Whose bones are on the flagpole?

3. Where does Musgrave order Hurst and Attercliffe to take Sparky's body?

4. What does Musgrave say he sees in every human experience?

5. Who is the first person to give a speech?

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