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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the ages of Maire and SB when they married?
(a) She was 20 and he was 40.
(b) She was 19 and he was 30.
(c) She was 19 and he was 20.
(d) She was 19 and he was 40.

2. Why do public and private Gar sing "Philadelpha, here I come" together after Boyle leaves, in Episode 1 (36)?
(a) Public Gar is caught up in emotions as Boyle leaves and as he remembers Katie. Private Gar makes him focus on the future by singing together.
(b) Boyle wants to hear the song.
(c) SB tries to stop Gar from leaving.
(d) It is almost time for the flight when Boyle leaves.

3. What does public Gar mean when he says “he got ten minutes’ overtime out of my hide” (2)?
(a) SB has made Gar work 10 minutes more.
(b) Gar is in hiding.
(c) SB has been talking to Gar for more than ten minutes.
(d) SB worked ten minutes more.

4. What is Boyle's worry?
(a) He is worried that the priest Canon O'Bryne may sack him.
(b) He is worried about Gar.
(c) He is worried his poems are not going to become famous.
(d) He misses Maire.

5. How much does SB owe Gar?
(a) He owes 3 pounds and 15 shillings.
(b) He owes him 5 pounds.
(c) He owes him 10 shillings.
(d) He owes him 10 pounds.

6. What is Madge doing when the play opens?
(a) She is laying the table for tea.
(b) She is talking to SB.
(c) She is cleaning Gar's shirts.
(d) She is visiting her niece.

7. What has Gar been doing all day long on his final day in Ireland?
(a) He has been packing flour bags.
(b) He has been fishing.
(c) He has been visiting his friends.
(d) He has been talking to SB.

8. What is Master Boyle’s advice?
(a) He asks Gar to remember his father
(b) He asks Gar to remember his friends in Ireland.
(c) He asks Gar to return when possible.
(d) He asks Gar to forget Ireland.

9. Why does Boyle ask Gar for money?
(a) Boyle is an alcoholic and needs money constantly.
(b) He is planning to travel as well.
(c) Canon does not pay him his salary.
(d) Gar owes him money.

10. How does Madge defend SB’s silence?
(a) She says SB will speak to Gar when he pays him his wages.
(b) She says she would ask SB.
(c) She says that he is too sad to speak.
(d) She points out that Gar should speak first.

11. What does Boyle ask of Gar once he is in Philadelphia?
(a) He asks Gar to look for a job for him.
(b) He asks Gar to write to him.
(c) He asks Gar to speak to Lizzy about him.
(d) He asks Gar to look out for newspapers that may be interested in publishing his poems.

12. Why is private Gar infuriated by SB’s routine talk about work?
(a) SB pays him less than due.
(b) Gar is leaving the next morning, yet SB has nothing to say about it.
(c) SB does not pay him.
(d) SB asks him not to go.

13. Who can hear private Gar?
(a) Madge can hear him.
(b) Public Gar can hear him.
(c) Madge and SB can hear him.
(d) SB can hear him.

14. What do private and public Gar do together after Madge leaves in Episode 1?
(a) They roleplay and fantasize their escape from Ireland.
(b) They get into a fight.
(c) They discuss SB.
(d) They decide to take the day off.

15. What is in the suitcase Madge brings in?
(a) There is an old coat in the suitcase.
(b) There is an old newspaper in the suitcase.
(c) There is a book in the suitcase.
(d) There is a photo in the suitcase.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the O’Donnells live?

2. Who is SB O'Donnell?

3. What does Boyle give Gar?

4. What is Gar’s full name?

5. In the flashback with Katie, what is Katie’s concern?

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