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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Mark and Maggie return to Great Meadow the next summer after their wedding?
(a) Maggie wanted to update Moran and Rose about Luke.
(b) Maggie gave birth to a baby boy.
(c) Mark needed to ask Moran for money.
(d) Mark and Maggie are moving back to Great Meadow for good.

2. Who does Sheila invite to the wedding without consulting anyone?
(a) McQuaid.
(b) Michael.
(c) Luke.
(d) Her ex-boyfriend.

3. Why do Sheila and Sean go back to the house while the rest of the family is pitching in with the haymaking?
(a) They go to the house to make love.
(b) They go to the house because they are too weak to work.
(c) They go to the house to make dinner for the family.
(d) They go to the house just to anger Moran.

4. Where does Michael go instead of going to school?
(a) Michael tries to find Nell.
(b) Michael travels to London to find Luke.
(c) Michael skips school to go to a bar.
(d) Michael travels back to Dublin.

5. How many positions does Maggie get accepted to?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) None.
(d) 2.

6. After taking their final exams, where do Mona and Sheila leave to?
(a) London.
(b) Dublin.
(c) Hong Kong.
(d) New York.

7. What does Mark O'Donoghue do for work in London?
(a) He is a construction worker.
(b) He is unemployed.
(c) He is an accountant.
(d) He is a police officer.

8. Rose visits her family to swap what?
(a) Spare produce.
(b) Marriage advice.
(c) Old recipies.
(d) Fabric swatches.

9. What does young Michael get when Rose and Moran begin sharing a room?
(a) His own room.
(b) A new pet.
(c) Extra free time.
(d) More chores.

10. What petty thing sparks a fight between Moran and Michael?
(a) The way Michael folds the laundry.
(b) The way Michael pushes the salt shaker to Moran.
(c) Moran's impolite nicknames for Moran and Nell.
(d) Michael's tendancy to come home late smelling of alcohol.

11. In the midst of his conflict with Michael, what can be considered Moran's anchor?
(a) His relationship with Rose.
(b) His friendship with McQuaid.
(c) The distraction of the farm.
(d) The ritual of the Rosary.

12. On the way home from the wedding, what does Moran make everyone do in the car to save time?
(a) Eat their dinner.
(b) Say the Rosary.
(c) Open the wedding gifts.
(d) Change out of their wedding clothes.

13. Where does Nell Morahan live?
(a) London.
(b) New York.
(c) Scotland.
(d) Dublin.

14. When Michael doesn't show up for the Rosary, where do Moran and Rose assume he is?
(a) Dublin.
(b) At the pub.
(c) New York.
(d) London.

15. Where does Michael flee to find refuge?
(a) To New York to wait for Nell to return.
(b) To Dublin to be with his sisters.
(c) To the bar so that he can drink until he forgets his problems.
(d) To the cemetery where his real mother is buried.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of jobs were both Mona and Sheila offered?

2. What about Mark shocks Mona and Sheila?

3. Where does Moran begin spending much more time after Mark and Maggie's visit?

4. What does Moran spread across the fields?

5. Where does Mark go every night to "escape" when he is staying at Great Meadow?

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