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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What often happened to people not accepted in the workhouses?
(a) Were arrested.
(b) Disappeared.
(c) Moved to Britain.
(d) Turned to crime.

2. How many days in jail might one spend for trespassing?
(a) 7.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

3. How many people were allowed into the kitchen area at one time?
(a) 50.
(b) 100.
(c) 75.
(d) 60.

4. Which government program/act was terminated?
(a) Department of Welfare.
(b) Penal Laws.
(c) Corn Laws.
(d) Public Works Administration.

5. In what month did the 1846 blight begin?
(a) March.
(b) October.
(c) June.
(d) August.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the direction of the wind during the famine's second year?

3. Which of the following is not listed as a forgotten tradition?

4. Men often walked many miles to find what object?

5. By August, the kitchens were feeding how many people per day?

(see the answer key)

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