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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many inhabitants were in Ireland at this time?
(a) 4.5 million.
(b) 6 million.
(c) 8 million.
(d) 3 million.

2. The author writes about which county?
(a) Dublin.
(b) Cork.
(c) Kent.
(d) Killarney.

3. What happened to the man that stole the food?
(a) Burned his hands.
(b) Got caught.
(c) Was beaten.
(d) Died from shock.

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

5. In which month was the report released?
(a) December.
(b) August.
(c) November.
(d) October.

Short Answer Questions

1. The crops were plagued by what?

2. Who had the highest status at the time?

3. The Prime Minister set up what kind of committee as a result of the famine?

4. In what month did the 1846 blight begin?

5. Most of Ireland's economy was based on what?

(see the answer key)

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