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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 was Gar’s and Katie’s plan?
(a) They planned to get engaged at Christmas and marry at Easter.
(b) They planned to get married at once.
(c) They planned to elope together.
(d) They planned to get SB to support their decision.

2. In the flashback with Katie, what is Katie’s concern?
(a) She thinks Gar does not make enough to support both of them.
(b) She is worried that she wont get a job.
(c) She is worried SB would not approve of her marriage to Gar.
(d) She is worried her father would not approve of her marriage to Gar.

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

4. What, according to private Gar, is the difference between Ireland and the United States?
(a) One is the land of customs and conventions and the other is one of materialism.
(b) One is full of mystery, the other is not.
(c) One is Gar's homeland, the other is a new place.
(d) One is Catholic, the other is Protestant.

5. Where do the O’Donnells live?
(a) They live in London, UK
(b) They live in Ballybeg, Ireland.
(c) They live in Dublin, Ireland.
(d) They live in Wales.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Gar?

2. Who is Katie?

3. How does Madge defend SB’s silence?

4. What does Madge bring in from the scullery in Episode 1?

5. Who can hear private Gar?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Madge and how old is she?

2. Why is public Gar shaken after Boyle leaves?

3. When does the action in the play take place?

4. Who is Master Boyle? How is he different from SB?

5. Who makes the decision to tell Katie’s parents about their plan to get married? Do they tell them? Why?

6. What is in the suitcase Madge brings in and what is its significance?

7. What is Boyle’s parting advice to Gar?

8. What does Madge mean when she says, “A body couldn’t get a word in edge-ways with you two" (30)?

9. Why is public Gar ecstatic in the beginning of the play?

10. How does Madge interpret SB’s silence as his son plans to leave?

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