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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The Prime Minister set up what kind of committee as a result of the famine?
(a) Political.
(b) Criminal investigation.
(c) Scientific.
(d) Agricultural.

3. The imported corn could feed how many people?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 250,000.
(c) 300,000.
(d) 500,000.

4. How many children did Mrs. O'Donnel have?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

5. How many times had the crops failed at this point?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. Those evicting tenants often arriving carrying which item?

2. What damaged the other crop?

3. Who was named as the new head of the British Treasury?

4. How did the British refer to the famine?

5. How many children did the farmer have helping out in the fields?

(see the answer key)

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