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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was considered to be a primary dietary staple?
(a) Potato.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Flour.
(d) Corn.

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

3. The author writes about which county?
(a) Dublin.
(b) Kent.
(c) Cork.
(d) Killarney.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The crops were plagued by what?

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

4. Where was the crop stored?

5. Which month was plagued by heavy rains?

(see the answer key)

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