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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what year was the Poor Law Act established?
(a) 1853.
(b) 1842.
(c) 1821.
(d) 1838.

3. How many people did a landlord evict in one night?
(a) 800.
(b) 400.
(c) 200.
(d) 1,200.

4. What was the direction of the wind during the famine's second year?
(a) East to west.
(b) North to south.
(c) Southeast to Northwest.
(d) Northeast to Southeast.

5. How fast did the blight travel across Ireland?
(a) 50 mph.
(b) 60 mph.
(c) 100 mph.
(d) 40 mph.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was named as the new head of the British Treasury?

2. British Corn Laws established corn as what item?

3. Where was the crop stored?

4. In an effort to survive, some people abandoned which way of life?

5. What was the new Prime Minister's royal title?

(see the answer key)

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