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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were some landlords punished?
(a) Drowned.
(b) Lynched.
(c) Starved.
(d) Whipped.

2. Trevelyan decided that the Irish could be saved via which food?
(a) Soup.
(b) Bread.
(c) Millet.
(d) Rye.

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

4. Farmers were given specific instructions on how to do which of the following:
(a) Rotate crops.
(b) Destroy the blight seed.
(c) Grow soybeans.
(d) Salvage potatoes.

5. People were required to present which item to receive food?
(a) Proof of income.
(b) Rotted potatoes.
(c) Rations tickets.
(d) Small children.

Short Answer Questions

1. By August, the kitchens were feeding how many people per day?

2. How many days per year did the average farmer work to pay the landlord?

3. Passengers were often faced with what group?

4. How many passengers were allowed aboard compared to the five ton limit according to the British?

5. Which of the following is not listed as a cause of death?

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