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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. What does Maggie say she would choose if she had to select either a plump old widower or one Wild Woodbine?
(a) The Wild Woodbine.
(b) Neither.
(c) The plump old widower.
(d) Both.

2. When Uncle Jack speaks of Uganda, what does he call it?
(a) The community.
(b) The colony.
(c) Home.
(d) Africa.

3. How does Maggie feel about Michael's kites?
(a) She loves them.
(b) She is proud of them.
(c) She hates them.
(d) She is amused by them.

4. Why can't Vera McLaughlin work in the new factory?
(a) She's too slow.
(b) She's too old.
(c) She doesn't see well enough.
(d) She's too young.

5. What does Michael say haunts his memory of the thirties?
(a) The personalities of his aunts.
(b) The music.
(c) The love of his mother.
(d) The country atmosphere.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maggie think Michael should do instead of write?

2. What does Uncle Jack think is good about the multiple-wife system?

3. Which sister does Gerry Evans dance with first?

4. How does Maggie lighten the mood about the lack of food in the house?

5. What does dancing become in Michael's memory?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Rose trick Agnes and get away from her?

2. What does it tell you about Gerry Evans that he says he will check the ignition and sparking plugs of the radio?

3. What phrase did Kate hit upon that comforted her as she tried to understand Uncle Jack's changed attitude toward life since his stay in Ryanda?

4. What does Uncle Jack reveal about his ministry in Ryanga when Kate asks if the people gather together for Mass?

5. What do you make of the kites as a symbol or metaphor, and of the fact that they wouldn't fly?

6. How does Uncle Jack reveal that the Ryangans have not been converted to Christianity by his efforts?

7. Why might Agnes have believed Rose could not get work in the factory?

8. What is Michael writing to ask Santa Claus to bring, and why is the gift he wants significant?

9. When Uncle Jack hears wedding bells, he asks if it is one of his sisters who is getting married. Who is actually marrying?

10. What news does Rose bring her family about the boy who was burned during the Lughnasa fires?

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