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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item was used to protect the crop after harvest?
(a) Ice.
(b) Pesticide.
(c) Water.
(d) Clay.

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

3. What word best describes the leaf of a potato plant?
(a) Prickly.
(b) Round.
(c) Broad.
(d) Short.

4. A "dip-at-the-stool" meal consisted of dipping potatoes into which liquid?
(a) Molasses.
(b) Vinegar.
(c) Salt water.
(d) Oil.

5. During which month was the first crop harvested?
(a) June.
(b) December.
(c) May.
(d) October.

Short Answer Questions

1. People were required to present which item to receive food?

2. What was the farmer's secondary crop?

3. What kind of container was used to transport the harvested crops?

4. Who was named as the new head of the British Treasury?

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

(see the answer key)

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