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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the book, which of the following was not imported or exported?
(a) Livestock.
(b) Corn.
(c) Grain.
(d) Water.

2. Who replaced Peel as Prime Minister?
(a) O'Riordan.
(b) Rossa.
(c) Russell.
(d) Trevelyan.

3. Some "criminals" were transported to what location?
(a) Britain.
(b) United States.
(c) Canada.
(d) Australia.

4. What agreement officially joined the United Kingdom?
(a) Act of Union.
(b) Irish Penal Law.
(c) Magna Carta.
(d) Treaty of London.

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

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

7. What is Pythopthora infestans?
(a) Snake.
(b) Small village.
(c) Parasite.
(d) Fungus.

8. The blight was wrongly considered to be a type of:
(a) Bad luck.
(b) Fungus.
(c) Punishment from God.
(d) Dry rot.

9. Which of the following was NOT blamed for the problem?
(a) Landlords.
(b) Fairies.
(c) Weather.
(d) Satan.

10. During which month was the first crop harvested?
(a) October.
(b) May.
(c) June.
(d) December.

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

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

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

14. What material was used to construct the walls of the cabins?
(a) Clay.
(b) Stone.
(c) Logs.
(d) Thatch.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Although the United States never officially offered aid, it did send what items?

2. What/who did the workhouses support?

3. Which of the following was not a common ailment among the starving Irish?

4. In 1690, Protestant King William of Orange defeated the Irish at which river?

5. What ratio represents the number of the poverty-stricken Irish?

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