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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following was not a category listed for class status?
(a) Landowner.
(b) Laborer.
(c) Farmer.
(d) Serf.

2. Who was hit the hardest by the famine?
(a) Laborers.
(b) Landlords.
(c) Tenants.
(d) Children.

3. Which of the following was not a common ailment among the starving Irish?
(a) Scurvy.
(b) Consumption.
(c) Diarrhea.
(d) Malnourishment.

4. Which of the following was not recommended for preventing disease?
(a) Disinfect utensils.
(b) Wear clean clothes.
(c) Whitewash your house.
(d) Bathe often.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Some "criminals" were transported to what location?

2. The imported corn could feed how many people?

3. The famine caused which of the following to collapse?

4. What color are the flowers on a potato plant?

5. According to the book, which of the following was not imported or exported?

(see the answer key)

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