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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Mrs. O'Donnel's son when he succumbed to the fever?
(a) 13.
(b) 15.
(c) 9.
(d) 12.

2. The Irish were told to move which item away from their doors?
(a) Infected children.
(b) Manure.
(c) Rotted potatoes.
(d) Pets.

3. Who offered advice to prevent or cure infection?
(a) Church.
(b) Midwives.
(c) British government.
(d) Newspaper.

4. Where did the Queen disembark in Ireland?
(a) Dublin Harbor.
(b) Tipperary Harbor.
(c) Claire Harbor.
(d) Cork Harbor.

5. How many passengers were allowed aboard compared to the five ton limit according to the British?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 7.

6. How were some landlords punished?
(a) Lynched.
(b) Starved.
(c) Whipped.
(d) Drowned.

7. Who suggested that Queen Victoria go to Ireland?
(a) The Pope.
(b) Former Prime Minister Peel.
(c) Lord Clarendon.
(d) Sir Charles Trevelyan.

8. Leaders of Young Ireland feared being sent to which of the following?
(a) Workhouses.
(b) Britain.
(c) Penal colonies.
(d) Canada.

9. How many passengers were allowed aboard compared to the five ton limit according to the Americans?
(a) 7.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

10. Which group was not influenced by the British government?
(a) Emigrants.
(b) French.
(c) Military.
(d) Germans.

11. How many leaders of Young Ireland were arrested?
(a) 7.
(b) 17.
(c) 3.
(d) 12.

12. Passengers were often faced with what group?
(a) Swindlers.
(b) Immigration officers.
(c) Doctors.
(d) Pirates.

13. The landlord offered to send the people to which port?
(a) Quebec.
(b) Madrid.
(c) London.
(d) Glasgow.

14. What system was overwhelmed by the arrival of the Irish?
(a) Naturalization.
(b) Quarantine.
(c) Welfare.
(d) Immigration.

15. What was the first name of Mrs. O'Donnel?
(a) Sioban.
(b) Belinda.
(c) Sinead.
(d) Bridget.

Short Answer Questions

1. One man was given a two month jail sentence for damaging what item?

2. In what year was the failed Irish rebellion?

3. Those evicting tenants often arriving carrying which item?

4. Which of the following was not funded by the Irish Fever Act?

5. What word best describes the Irish in the workhouses?

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