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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the farmer's secondary crop?
(a) Barley.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Corn.

2. What was the surname of the farmer and his children?
(a) Trent.
(b) Rossa.
(c) Gallagher.
(d) Donovan.

3. What item was used to protect the crop after harvest?
(a) Clay.
(b) Ice.
(c) Water.
(d) Pesticide.

4. Who did not pay for the upkeep on the workhouses?
(a) Landlords.
(b) Merchants.
(c) Large farmers.
(d) Middling farmers.

5. In what year did the famine strike?
(a) 1846.
(b) 1850.
(c) 1849.
(d) 1845.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who replaced Peel as Prime Minister?

2. What word best describes the leaf of a potato plant?

3. The author revisits which character from a previous chapter?

4. Skibberdeen was referred to as a:

5. About one-third of the Irish held what occupation?

(see the answer key)

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