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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Nicholas Cummins?
(a) Irish Prime Minister.
(b) Head of Irish Treasury.
(c) Secretary of Labor.
(d) Magistrate.

2. What was the farmer's secondary crop?
(a) Barley.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Corn.
(d) Wheat.

3. Men often walked many miles to find what object?
(a) Cow.
(b) Pesticides.
(c) Corn.
(d) Bread.

4. In what month did the 1846 blight begin?
(a) March.
(b) October.
(c) August.
(d) June.

5. In what year did Trevelyan approve an act to provide supplementary food?
(a) 1849.
(b) 1847.
(c) 1848.
(d) 1846.

6. Which month was plagued by heavy rains?
(a) July.
(b) October.
(c) August.
(d) May.

7. What was often cooked with cabbage leaves?
(a) Leeks.
(b) Blood.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Lamb.

8. What was the surname of the farmer and his children?
(a) Gallagher.
(b) Rossa.
(c) Trent.
(d) Donovan.

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

10. How many acres were planted?
(a) 100 thousand.
(b) 2 million.
(c) 150 thousand.
(d) 1 million.

11. According to some farmers, tribes of ___ must have been warring over the potatoes?
(a) Merchants.
(b) Leprechauns.
(c) Fairies.
(d) Elves.

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

13. Who had the highest status at the time?
(a) Laborers.
(b) Landlords.
(c) Merchants.
(d) Large farmers.

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

15. How much did moneylenders charge in interest?
(a) 10-30%.
(b) 75%.
(c) 20-50%.
(d) 50-60%.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Prime Minister set up what kind of committee as a result of the famine?

2. The crops were plagued by what?

3. What is Pythopthora infestans?

4. What was not a typical cash crop for farmers?

5. What was the young man's offense?

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