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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was often cooked with cabbage leaves?
(a) Lamb.
(b) Leeks.
(c) Blood.
(d) Potatoes.

2. What group was the most helpful in supplying aid to the starving Irish?
(a) Quakers.
(b) Knights Templar.
(c) Congregationalists.
(d) Tories.

3. The imported corn could feed how many people?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 250,000.
(c) 300,000.
(d) 500,000.

4. Where did the cause of the blight most likely come from?
(a) Wales.
(b) Brazil.
(c) England.
(d) South Africa.

5. The blight was wrongly considered to be a type of:
(a) Dry rot.
(b) Punishment from God.
(c) Bad luck.
(d) Fungus.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did moneylenders charge in interest?

2. What was a major concern aboard the ships?

3. Who was responsible for setting up soup kitchens?

4. What was commonly added to the water barrels?

5. Which of the following was not a common ailment among the starving Irish?

(see the answer key)

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