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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The blight was wrongly considered to be a type of:
(a) Punishment from God.
(b) Bad luck.
(c) Dry rot.
(d) Fungus.

3. What was often cooked with cabbage leaves?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Leeks.
(c) Lamb.
(d) Blood.

4. At what location did laborers gather to complain about lack of wages?
(a) Galway.
(b) Innisbrook.
(c) Dublin.
(d) Skibberdeen.

5. The Prime Minister set up what kind of committee as a result of the famine?
(a) Scientific.
(b) Criminal investigation.
(c) Political.
(d) Agricultural.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the farmer's secondary crop?

2. What was considered to be a primary dietary staple?

3. Trevelyan closed the kitchens after seeing proof of which of the following?

4. Where did the cause of the blight most likely come from?

5. What system was designed to help workers earn money?

(see the answer key)

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