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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word best describes the leaf of a potato plant?
(a) Broad.
(b) Prickly.
(c) Short.
(d) Round.

2. Which of the following was not listed as an occasion for farmers to travel away from the farm?
(a) Going to mass.
(b) Attending weddings.
(c) Going to the doctor.
(d) Going to the market.

3. What was the direction of the wind during the famine's second year?
(a) East to west.
(b) Southeast to Northwest.
(c) North to south.
(d) Northeast to Southeast.

4. What was deposited due to wind and rain?
(a) Locusts.
(b) Seeds.
(c) Spores.
(d) Mud.

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

6. Cummins contacted which of the following regarding the plight of the Irish?
(a) Duke of Wellington.
(b) Lord Trevelyan.
(c) Queen Victoria.
(d) Earl of Sandwich.

7. Who did not pay for the upkeep on the workhouses?
(a) Landlords.
(b) Middling farmers.
(c) Merchants.
(d) Large farmers.

8. What was the new Prime Minister's royal title?
(a) Duke.
(b) Baron.
(c) Lord.
(d) Prince.

9. Many farmers believed that the blight could not survive what?
(a) Pesticides.
(b) Heat.
(c) God's grace.
(d) Winter.

10. In which county was a 16 year old arrested?
(a) County Cork.
(b) County Kilkenny.
(c) County Mayo.
(d) County Waterford.

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

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

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

14. Where did many of the landlords live?
(a) Britain.
(b) Dublin.
(c) Scotland.
(d) Wales.

15. Who was responsible for setting up soup kitchens?
(a) Rossa.
(b) Winchester.
(c) Peel.
(d) Brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom did the Prime Minister go to for help?

2. What was the farmer's secondary crop?

3. Which item was chained to the table at the kitchen?

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

5. In what month did the 1846 blight begin?

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