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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What have the police told Lucia to stop doing?
(a) Panhandling for money.
(b) Giving the Tramp food.
(c) Speaking about politics on the street corner.
(d) Playing his piano in the street.

2. Who is Mio?
(a) Carr's cousin.
(b) A gang member.
(c) Romagna's son.
(d) Garth's half-brother.

3. What time of day does the play open?
(a) Early morning.
(b) Late afternoon.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Early evening.

4. In Act 1, Scene 2, to what does Garth attribute his father's fears?
(a) Miriamne's absence.
(b) The cost of repairs.
(c) The bill collector.
(d) The weather.

5. In Act 1, Scene 3, who is looking for the two girls from the beginning of the scene?
(a) Mio.
(b) Trock.
(c) Herman.
(d) Garth.

6. In Act 1, Scene 3, who begins to defend the Policeman?
(a) Esdras.
(b) Miriamne.
(c) Mio.
(d) Judge Gaunt.

7. What does Carr prevent the policeman from doing in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Striking Mio.
(b) Gassing the crowd.
(c) Arresting Miriamne.
(d) Striking Piny.

8. What is the Tramp doing at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Digging himself into a pile of rags to sleep.
(b) Watching the river.
(c) Washing a shirt.
(d) Stealing an apple.

9. What does Mio believe the police know about his father?
(a) He is still in hiding.
(b) He was innocent.
(c) Nothing.
(d) His location.

10. Where does Garth tell Miriamne to go in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) To school.
(b) To the store.
(c) Away.
(d) Into her bedroom.

11. What is Garth inspecting when Miriamne arrives?
(a) His piano.
(b) His violin.
(c) The street scene.
(d) The kitchen sink.

12. Where is Act 1, Scene 3 set?
(a) On top of the bridge.
(b) On the banks of a river under a bridge.
(c) On the roof of the tenement building.
(d) In a basement apartment near the bridge.

13. Where is Act 1, Scene 1 set?
(a) On the banks of a river under a bridge.
(b) On top of the bridge.
(c) In a basement apartment near the bridge.
(d) On the roof of the tenement building.

14. What concern does Shadow have about Trock in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) He thinks Trock is losing his mind.
(b) He is concerned about Trock's health.
(c) He fears shouting will land Trock back in prison.
(d) He fears Trock will shoot him.

15. Whom did Garth tell the truth about Romanga's case?
(a) Shadow.
(b) Miriamne.
(c) No one.
(d) Esdras.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would Garth like to teach?

2. How does Trock respond to Shadow's concern in Act 1, Scene 1?

3. What does Piny sell?

4. In Act 1, Scene 3, what prop does the Radical present to the Policeman?

5. Why does Shadow think Trock should be "full of high thought?"

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