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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was the National School System established?
(a) 1831.
(b) 1838.
(c) 1814.
(d) 1853.

2. In what year did the famine strike?
(a) 1845.
(b) 1850.
(c) 1846.
(d) 1849.

3. How long would it take for the blight to destroy a potato field?
(a) Weeks.
(b) Days.
(c) Minutes.
(d) Hours.

4. How long would the imported corn supply last?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 10 months.
(d) 2 months.

5. What was the farmer's secondary crop?
(a) Wheat.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Barley.
(d) Corn.

Short Answer Questions

1. About one-third of the Irish held what occupation?

2. Men often walked many miles to find what object?

3. Which of the following was not listed as an occasion for farmers to travel away from the farm?

4. Most of Ireland's economy was based on what?

5. In 1690, Protestant King William of Orange defeated the Irish at which river?

(see the answer key)

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