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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Judge Gaunt explain Mio's murderous threats?
(a) Mio is insane.
(b) Mio's father was a murderer.
(c) Justice is hard to swallow.
(d) Mio wants to die.

2. Why can't anyone locate the dead body in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) The car was on fire.
(b) It fell in the river.
(c) Two young men in blue serge took it away.
(d) Shadow took it away.

3. What does Esdras offer to give Judge Gaunt before they leave?
(a) A coat.
(b) The letter.
(c) A drink.
(d) Money.

4. Who does Trock want to drive home in a car?
(a) Judge Gaunt.
(b) Mio.
(c) Lucia.
(d) Garth.

5. Why does Mio swear at Miriamne?
(a) She is betraying her own flesh and blood.
(b) He realizes she knows who he is.
(c) An incomplete letter is useless.
(d) He wants her to stay at home.

6. Why didn't Miriamne tell the police the truth about Garth?
(a) She couldn't turn her brother in.
(b) To honor her father.
(c) She feared for his life.
(d) She hates the police.

7. What does Miriamne's name mean?
(a) Daughter of Light.
(b) Little Light.
(c) Little Miriam.
(d) Sea of Bitterness.

8. Who offers Judge Gaunt food in Act 2?
(a) Mio.
(b) The tramp.
(c) Miriamne.
(d) Esdras.

9. What is Mio's full first name?
(a) Mione.
(b) Antonmeo.
(c) Miotelli.
(d) Bartolomeo.

10. When Mio was four, where did he visit his father?
(a) In a park.
(b) On a farm.
(c) Near the river.
(d) In prison.

11. In Act 2, what excuse does Mio give for knocking on the apartment door?
(a) He wanted to give Lucia money.
(b) He is trying to earn tuition money.
(c) He is looking for the judge.
(d) He wanted to buy an apple from Piny.

12. Who is accused of Shadow's death?
(a) Trock
(b) The Tramp.
(c) Romanga.
(d) Mio.

13. Why does the Tramp laugh at the judge in Act 2?
(a) He launches into a recitation of the Preamble to the Constitution.
(b) He is singing a raunchy song.
(c) He dances to the sound of the piano.
(d) He falls over the doorstep.

14. In Act 1, Scene 3, what is heard after Trock exits?
(a) Gunshots.
(b) A crash.
(c) A shout.
(d) Violin music.

15. In Act 1, Scene 3, what advice does Mio give Miriamne about love?
(a) Never say die.
(b) Take life one day at a time.
(c) Look on the bright side of life.
(d) Enjoy love where and when she finds it.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of Act 2, what sound can be heard offstage?

2. What does Miriamne give Mio before he leaves in Act 2?

3. What announcement does Carr make at the end of Act 1, Scene 3?

4. In Act 2, which character does Miriamne describe as "a king among men?"

5. What is Mio really searching for when he knocks on the apartment door in Chapter 2?

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