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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who does Mrs. Hitchcock leave to fetch?
(a) The parson.
(b) Annie.
(c) The constable.
(d) The mayor.
2. Who arrives to wake Musgrave from his nightmare?
(a) Mrs. Hitchcock.
(b) Annie.
(c) Sparky.
(d) The bargee.
3. Who enters the stage after the constable?
(a) The mayor.
(b) Annie.
(c) Mrs. Hitchcock.
(d) The parson.
4. Why does Musgrave say Billy Hicks was killed?
(a) It had been decided.
(b) He did not trust God.
(c) He was stupid.
(d) He followed his own path.
5. What does Mrs. Hitchcock bring to the ceremony?
(a) Food.
(b) Bunting.
(c) Posters.
(d) Beer.
6. What does Musgrave refer to the death cycle as?
(a) God's logic.
(b) Fate.
(c) God's will.
(d) A way of life.
7. What is Attercliffe doing while Hurst beats his drum?
(a) Loading his gun.
(b) Finishing the podium.
(c) Cleaning his gun.
(d) Putting up a flag,
8. What does Walsh tell Musgrave and his men to do?
(a) Hang themsleves.
(b) Turn themselves in.
(c) Leave the town.
(d) Go back to the army.
9. What are the soldiers' boxes draped with?
(a) Army uniform and ribbon.
(b) Coats and string.
(c) Garbage bags and bed sheets.
(d) Flags and rope.
10. Who does Musgrave say they never found?
(a) God's people.
(b) The woman of his dreams.
(c) Hick's killers.
(d) Sparky's killers.
11. What does Musgrave say his mission is?
(a) To stop the government abusing the lives of young men.
(b) To find people willing to die.
(c) To spread God's word of peace.
(d) To cure the madness of sending people to war.
12. What does Musgrave say to Mrs. Hitchcock when she sees all the blood?
(a) Clean it up.
(b) Take Annie away.
(c) Ask no questions.
(d) Call the police.
13. Who does the constable say he has called in?
(a) The Territory Army.
(b) Dragoons.
(c) The National Guard.
(d) The Salvation Army.
14. What does Musgrave urge Annie to tell the crowd?
(a) How it feels to corrupt men.
(b) How it feels to lose Billy.
(c) How it feels to be on the verge of death.
(d) How it feels to love one's child.
15. What does Mrs. Hitchcock say the Bargee and the dragoons will remember soon enough?
(a) Their prejudices.
(b) Their real lives.
(c) Their families.
(d) Their pasts.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the constable ask Musgrave?
2. Who does Musgrave say was with him?
3. Why does Walsh think soldiers get what they deserve?
4. Which character kisses Annie?
5. What does Attercliffe wonder if he will be able to start?
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