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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is "auld sod?"
(a) A saved soul.
(b) Dog.
(c) Dirt.
(d) Whiskey.

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

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

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

6. Where were the goods on board the ship being sent?
(a) England.
(b) Spain.
(c) America.
(d) Canada.

7. In what county was the town?
(a) Waterford.
(b) Dublin.
(c) Galway.
(d) Claire.

8. The Irish considered a wooden coffin to be the minimum requirement for the dead to maintain their:
(a) Reputations.
(b) Pride.
(c) Dignity.
(d) Souls.

9. When did Ireland gain independence from Britain?
(a) 1916.
(b) 1864.
(c) 1908.
(d) 1921.

10. To which city was the Illustrated News related?
(a) Skibberdeen.
(b) Bristol.
(c) Galway.
(d) London.

11. Which of the following was not recommended for preventing disease?
(a) Wear clean clothes.
(b) Disinfect utensils.
(c) Whitewash your house.
(d) Bathe often.

12. 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.

13. Queen Victoria was purposely directed away from which of the following?
(a) Slums.
(b) Potato fields.
(c) Workhouses.
(d) Razed towns.

14. When did the Illustrated News report on the famine?
(a) 1849.
(b) 1846.
(c) 1847.
(d) 1848.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The famine caused which of the following to collapse?

2. How many passengers were allowed aboard compared to the five ton limit according to the Americans?

3. What material was used to make the makeshift coffins?

4. What world leader agreed to avoid British politics?

5. Corpses were routinely found by which of these groups?

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