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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was to blame for Ireland's poverty?
(a) Famine.
(b) High taxes.
(c) Poor governance.
(d) Land system.

2. In what year was the Poor Law Act established?
(a) 1842.
(b) 1821.
(c) 1853.
(d) 1838.

3. Where was the crop stored?
(a) In a cellar.
(b) In a warehouse.
(c) In a smokehouse.
(d) In a pit.

4. Who was often referred to as the "gentleman who paid the rent?"
(a) Chicken.
(b) Farm hand.
(c) Landlord.
(d) Pig.

5. During which month was the second crop harvested?
(a) October.
(b) July.
(c) March.
(d) September.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was often cooked with cabbage leaves?

2. What/who did the workhouses support?

3. What item was used to protect the crop after harvest?

4. What was the surname of the farmer and his children?

5. What was the farmer's secondary crop?

(see the answer key)

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