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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was used to deter the smell of death?
(a) Ammonia.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Lime.
(d) Perfume.

2. According to Rossa, what killed out the "good people?"
(a) Fairies.
(b) Greed.
(c) Tyranny.
(d) The British.

3. Why did the wealthy Irish want large tracts of land?
(a) To keep Britain out of Ireland.
(b) To develop new housing.
(c) To expand dairy herds.
(d) To increase cash crops.

4. Skibberdeen was referred to as a:
(a) Metropolis.
(b) Port of entry.
(c) Border town.
(d) Slum.

5. Other diseases were carried by which insect/animal?
(a) Howler monkeys.
(b) Flies.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Mosquitoes.

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

7. What damaged the other crop?
(a) Boll weevils.
(b) Blight.
(c) Locusts.
(d) Smut.

8. What disease was spread by lice?
(a) Typhus.
(b) Dysentery.
(c) Arrhythmia.
(d) Cholera.

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

10. What caused the blight to spread rapidly in this chapter?
(a) Dysentery.
(b) Emigration.
(c) Wind.
(d) Rains.

11. How many people did a landlord evict in one night?
(a) 800.
(b) 200.
(c) 400.
(d) 1,200.

12. What often happened to people not accepted in the workhouses?
(a) Were arrested.
(b) Disappeared.
(c) Turned to crime.
(d) Moved to Britain.

13. What caused the hike in evictions?
(a) Free passage to America.
(b) Landlord incentives.
(c) Galway Act.
(d) Higher taxes.

14. In which month was the report released?
(a) October.
(b) August.
(c) December.
(d) November.

15. Which was not among the membership of Young Ireland?
(a) Landlords.
(b) Catholics.
(c) Merchants.
(d) Pagans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were created to simulate traditional burial?

2. The O'Donnel baby was born with what problem?

3. The Irish were told to move which item away from their doors?

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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