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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How fast did the blight travel across Ireland?
(a) 50 mph.
(b) 100 mph.
(c) 40 mph.
(d) 60 mph.

2. What system was designed to help workers earn money?
(a) Public Works.
(b) Welfare.
(c) Day Labor Camps.
(d) Industrial Labor.

3. In which county was a 16 year old arrested?
(a) County Mayo.
(b) County Cork.
(c) County Kilkenny.
(d) County Waterford.

4. By August, the kitchens were feeding how many people per day?
(a) 450,000.
(b) 200,000.
(c) 1 million.
(d) 3 million.

5. Most of Ireland's economy was based on what?
(a) Tourism.
(b) Fishing.
(c) Breweries.
(d) Agriculture.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the British refer to the famine?

2. In an effort to survive, some people abandoned which way of life?

3. Who was Nicholas Cummins?

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

5. The Prime Minister set up what kind of committee as a result of the famine?

(see the answer key)

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