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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was considered to be a primary dietary staple?
(a) Corn.
(b) Potato.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Flour.

2. To which city was the Illustrated News related?
(a) London.
(b) Skibberdeen.
(c) Bristol.
(d) Galway.

3. Trevelyan closed the kitchens after seeing proof of which of the following?
(a) Absence of blight.
(b) Stabilization in the food markets.
(c) Abundant grain crops.
(d) Irish selling food on the black market.

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

5. Which of the following was not recommended for preventing disease?
(a) Wear clean clothes.
(b) Bathe often.
(c) Disinfect utensils.
(d) Whitewash your house.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the famine strike?

2. How many people survived the emigration?

3. What caused the hike in evictions?

4. During which month was the first crop harvested?

5. What happened to the man that stole the food?

(see the answer key)

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