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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the primary source of income for most large farms?
(a) Grains.
(b) Dairy herds.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Corn.

2. What system was designed to help workers earn money?
(a) Industrial Labor.
(b) Day Labor Camps.
(c) Public Works.
(d) Welfare.

3. What group was the most helpful in supplying aid to the starving Irish?
(a) Tories.
(b) Congregationalists.
(c) Knights Templar.
(d) Quakers.

4. In 1690, Protestant King William of Orange defeated the Irish at which river?
(a) Boyne.
(b) Fergus.
(c) Danube.
(d) Shannon.

5. Skibberdeen was referred to as a:
(a) Slum.
(b) Border town.
(c) Port of entry.
(d) Metropolis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would people use to steal from farms?

2. The O'Donnel baby was born with what problem?

3. How many passengers were allowed aboard compared to the five ton limit according to the British?

4. What material was used to make the makeshift coffins?

5. What is Pythopthora infestans?

(see the answer key)

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