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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would people use to steal from farms?
(a) Small children.
(b) Trained dogs.
(c) Guns.
(d) Long sticks.

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

3. What system was designed to help workers earn money?
(a) Industrial Labor.
(b) Welfare.
(c) Public Works.
(d) Day Labor Camps.

4. Who replaced Peel as Prime Minister?
(a) Russell.
(b) O'Riordan.
(c) Rossa.
(d) Trevelyan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Many farmers believed that the blight could not survive what?

2. What was the new Prime Minister's royal title?

3. In what year was the Poor Law Act established?

4. How many people were allowed into the kitchen area at one time?

5. What was often cooked with cabbage leaves?

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