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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. People were required to present which item to receive food?
(a) Proof of income.
(b) Small children.
(c) Rations tickets.
(d) Rotted potatoes.

2. Which country is not referred to by Queen Victoria?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) Austria.
(d) America.

3. The Prime Minister set up what kind of committee as a result of the famine?
(a) Agricultural.
(b) Scientific.
(c) Criminal investigation.
(d) Political.

4. What system was overwhelmed by the arrival of the Irish?
(a) Naturalization.
(b) Quarantine.
(c) Immigration.
(d) Welfare.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By August, the kitchens were feeding how many people per day?

2. How many passengers were allowed aboard compared to the five ton limit according to the British?

3. Who was hit the hardest by the famine?

4. In which county was a 16 year old arrested?

5. Which item was chained to the table at the kitchen?

(see the answer key)

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