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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kate say is the only thing Gerry Evans does well?
(a) Sell himself.
(b) Sell merchandise.
(c) Dance.
(d) Sing.

2. Which of the sisters is first to stop work and dance to the radio music?
(a) Agnes.
(b) Rose.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Chris.

3. Why don't the Mundys speak of Uncle Jack when he is a chaplain for the British army?
(a) They don't know where he was.
(b) They are afraid of endangering Uncle Jack.
(c) They are angry with him.
(d) Kate is in the War of Independence against Britain.

4. What does the Donegal Enquirer call Uncle Jack?
(a) A disgrace to our country.
(b) Our own leper priest.
(c) Our own traitor.
(d) A hero to all Ireland.

5. What is the population of Balleybeg looking forward to?
(a) The harvest picnic.
(b) The harvest dance.
(c) The harvest parade.
(d) The harvest potluck.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Kate object to going to the harvest dance?

2. Whose arrival throws the Mundy household into turmoil?

3. What does the Mundy family use as fuel for the stove?

4. How many pairs of gloves must the sisters produce this week?

5. Why do the sisters stop dancing?

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