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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was the Poor Law Act established?
(a) 1838.
(b) 1821.
(c) 1853.
(d) 1842.

2. What agreement officially joined the United Kingdom?
(a) Treaty of London.
(b) Irish Penal Law.
(c) Magna Carta.
(d) Act of Union.

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

4. About one-third of the Irish held what occupation?
(a) Sheep herder.
(b) Fisherman.
(c) Transportation worker.
(d) Farmer.

5. Farmers were given specific instructions on how to do which of the following:
(a) Rotate crops.
(b) Destroy the blight seed.
(c) Grow soybeans.
(d) Salvage potatoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Irish considered a wooden coffin to be the minimum requirement for the dead to maintain their:

2. Trevelyan decided that the Irish could be saved via which food?

3. What item was used to protect the crop after harvest?

4. Which of the following was not funded by the Irish Fever Act?

5. How many people survived the emigration?

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