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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Those evicting tenants often arriving carrying which item?
(a) Guns.
(b) Crowbars.
(c) Whips.
(d) Machetes.

3. What type of roof did most cabins have?
(a) Thatch.
(b) Wood.
(c) Mud.
(d) Sod.

4. One man was given a two month jail sentence for damaging what item?
(a) Wheelbarrow.
(b) Trees.
(c) Water supply.
(d) Walking stick.

5. How many people survived the emigration?
(a) 75%.
(b) 60%.
(c) 50%.
(d) 40%.

6. What word best describes the Irish in the workhouses?
(a) Indigent.
(b) Indirect.
(c) Interspersed.
(d) Indignant.

7. Which of the following is not listed as a forgotten tradition?
(a) Sunday meals.
(b) Burials.
(c) Wakes.
(d) Welcoming strangers.

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

9. Which of the following was the topic of rumors?
(a) End of evictions.
(b) Forced emigration.
(c) American relief.
(d) Uprising.

10. How were the quarantined family members transported?
(a) Rowboat.
(b) Train.
(c) Carriage.
(d) Bus.

11. What kind of floors were the passengers used to in their homes?
(a) Thatch.
(b) Leaves.
(c) Wood.
(d) Dirt.

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

13. Which of the following most embarrassed the British government?
(a) Juvenile inmates.
(b) Inability to control Ireland.
(c) Number of dying emigrants.
(d) Continued destruction of crops.

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

15. Larger farmers and landlords looked forward to which event?
(a) Summer solstice.
(b) Arrival of the Prime Minister.
(c) Immigration of loved ones.
(d) Paying off debts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was not recommended for preventing disease?

2. Corpses were sewn into what objects?

3. How did the potato crops fare?

4. How many people were typically buried at one site?

5. When did the leaders arrive in the city?

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