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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What disease was spread by lice?
(a) Cholera.
(b) Typhus.
(c) Arrhythmia.
(d) Dysentery.

3. Which group was not influenced by the British government?
(a) Military.
(b) Emigrants.
(c) French.
(d) Germans.

4. Which was not among the membership of Young Ireland?
(a) Catholics.
(b) Pagans.
(c) Merchants.
(d) Landlords.

5. Those evicting tenants often arriving carrying which item?
(a) Whips.
(b) Guns.
(c) Machetes.
(d) Crowbars.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author revisits which character from a previous chapter?

2. When did the leaders arrive in the city?

3. What word best describes the Irish in the workhouses?

4. What other crop was destroyed?

5. Which of the following is not true of Rossa?

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