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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Nicholas Cummins?
(a) Head of Irish Treasury.
(b) Irish Prime Minister.
(c) Secretary of Labor.
(d) Magistrate.

2. Which of the following was NOT blamed for the problem?
(a) Satan.
(b) Weather.
(c) Fairies.
(d) Landlords.

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

4. How much of the harvest was lost in 1846?
(a) 1/3.
(b) 3/5.
(c) 3/4.
(d) 1/2.

5. Who did not pay for the upkeep on the workhouses?
(a) Middling farmers.
(b) Large farmers.
(c) Landlords.
(d) Merchants.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many acres were planted?

2. According to some farmers, tribes of ___ must have been warring over the potatoes?

3. In what year was the National School System established?

4. How much did moneylenders charge in interest?

5. What would people use to steal from farms?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who served as the head of the Treasury? What were the man's views on the famine?

2. Why was the summer of 1845 considered to be particularly fickle?

3. How did farmers protect their crops from theft?

4. Explain the basics of the population in Ireland and how they lived.

5. New diseases began to plague the people. Describe the new illnesses and how they spread.

6. What happened most often to the corpses left out in the open?

7. Detail the events surrounding the arrest of Tom Flynn.

8. What are cash crops? Why were they important to the farmer?

9. What is an "American wake?"

10. Name some of the things the emigrants took with them to America.

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