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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. To whom did the Prime Minister go to for help?
(a) House of Lords.
(b) House of Commons.
(c) Winston Churchill.
(d) Queen Victoria.

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

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

6. What/who did the workhouses support?
(a) Potato crops.
(b) Women and children.
(c) Farm laborers.
(d) Destitute people.

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

8. How many children did the farmer have helping out in the fields?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 7.

9. How many days in jail might one spend for trespassing?
(a) 7.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

10. What was to blame for Ireland's poverty?
(a) High taxes.
(b) Land system.
(c) Poor governance.
(d) Famine.

11. How often did farmers pay the rent?
(a) Bi-annually.
(b) Weekly.
(c) Annually.
(d) Bi-monthly.

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

13. What item was used to protect the crop after harvest?
(a) Ice.
(b) Water.
(c) Clay.
(d) Pesticide.

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

15. How many days per year did the average farmer work to pay the landlord?
(a) 60.
(b) 150.
(c) 120.
(d) 80.

Short Answer Questions

1. Many farmers believed that the blight could not survive what?

2. What was considered to be a primary dietary staple?

3. In what year did the famine strike?

4. Which month was plagued by heavy rains?

5. Trevelyan closed the kitchens after seeing proof of which of the following?

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