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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Although the United States never officially offered aid, it did send what items?
(a) Food and livestock.
(b) Water and antibiotics.
(c) Food and clothing.
(d) Seed potatoes and clothing.

2. In what year did Trevelyan approve an act to provide supplementary food?
(a) 1849.
(b) 1847.
(c) 1846.
(d) 1848.

3. Which of the following was NOT blamed for the problem?
(a) Weather.
(b) Landlords.
(c) Fairies.
(d) Satan.

4. In an effort to survive, some people abandoned which way of life?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Celibacy.
(c) Nationalism.
(d) Agrarianism.

5. How many children did the farmer have helping out in the fields?
(a) 6.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the farmer's secondary crop?

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

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

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

5. Where did many of the landlords live?

(see the answer key)

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