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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How often did farmers pay the rent?
(a) Weekly.
(b) Annually.
(c) Bi-monthly.
(d) Bi-annually.

3. What agreement officially joined the United Kingdom?
(a) Act of Union.
(b) Irish Penal Law.
(c) Magna Carta.
(d) Treaty of London.

4. Which month was plagued by heavy rains?
(a) July.
(b) August.
(c) October.
(d) May.

5. What kind of container was used to transport the harvested crops?
(a) Wood.
(b) Metal.
(c) Plastic.
(d) Wicker.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The blight was wrongly considered to be a type of:

3. Who had the highest status at the time?

4. What was often cooked with cabbage leaves?

5. How long would it take for the blight to destroy a potato field?

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