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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Queen Victoria was purposely directed away from which of the following?
(a) Potato fields.
(b) Razed towns.
(c) Workhouses.
(d) Slums.

2. What was the primary source of income for most large farms?
(a) Corn.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Grains.
(d) Dairy herds.

3. Why did the wealthy Irish want large tracts of land?
(a) To expand dairy herds.
(b) To develop new housing.
(c) To keep Britain out of Ireland.
(d) To increase cash crops.

4. According to some farmers, tribes of ___ must have been warring over the potatoes?
(a) Merchants.
(b) Leprechauns.
(c) Fairies.
(d) Elves.

5. How many inhabitants were in Ireland at this time?
(a) 3 million.
(b) 4.5 million.
(c) 8 million.
(d) 6 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was often cooked with cabbage leaves?

2. What was the farmer's secondary crop?

3. Which of the following was not listed as an occasion for farmers to travel away from the farm?

4. Which item was chained to the table at the kitchen?

5. The imported corn could feed how many people?

(see the answer key)

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