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

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

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

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

5. What was the first name of Mrs. O'Donnel?
(a) Sioban.
(b) Bridget.
(c) Belinda.
(d) Sinead.

Short Answer Questions

1. What/who did the workhouses support?

2. The Irish were told to move which item away from their doors?

3. How many people survived the emigration?

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

5. During which month was the first crop harvested?

(see the answer key)

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