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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what year was the National School System established?
(a) 1814.
(b) 1838.
(c) 1853.
(d) 1831.

3. At what location did laborers gather to complain about lack of wages?
(a) Galway.
(b) Skibberdeen.
(c) Dublin.
(d) Innisbrook.

4. In what month did the 1846 blight begin?
(a) March.
(b) June.
(c) October.
(d) August.

5. Who was responsible for setting up soup kitchens?
(a) Peel.
(b) Winchester.
(c) Brown.
(d) Rossa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the crop stored?

2. In which county was a 16 year old arrested?

3. The Prime Minister set up what kind of committee as a result of the famine?

4. What agreement officially joined the United Kingdom?

5. The imported corn could feed how many people?

(see the answer key)

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