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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following was not a common ailment among the starving Irish?
(a) Malnourishment.
(b) Diarrhea.
(c) Consumption.
(d) Scurvy.

2. What group was the most helpful in supplying aid to the starving Irish?
(a) Quakers.
(b) Congregationalists.
(c) Tories.
(d) Knights Templar.

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

4. What/who did the workhouses support?
(a) Farm laborers.
(b) Potato crops.
(c) Women and children.
(d) Destitute people.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What material was used to construct the walls of the cabins?

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

3. The author writes about which county?

4. What happened to the man that stole the food?

5. Who replaced Peel as Prime Minister?

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