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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) Poor governance.
(b) High taxes.
(c) Famine.
(d) Land system.

2. How many days per year did the average farmer work to pay the landlord?
(a) 60.
(b) 80.
(c) 120.
(d) 150.

3. How many inhabitants were in Ireland at this time?
(a) 3 million.
(b) 4.5 million.
(c) 8 million.
(d) 6 million.

4. About one-third of the Irish held what occupation?
(a) Sheep herder.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Fisherman.
(d) Transportation worker.

5. Farmers were given specific instructions on how to do which of the following:
(a) Grow soybeans.
(b) Salvage potatoes.
(c) Rotate crops.
(d) Destroy the blight seed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To whom did the Prime Minister go to for help?

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

4. The author writes about which county?

5. In what year did the famine strike?

(see the answer key)

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