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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How many times more potato crops did the Irish plant?
(a) 6.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

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

7. How did the potato crops fare?
(a) They flourished.
(b) They struggled.
(c) They produced small amounts.
(d) They died.

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

9. Where did the arrest take place?
(a) Claire.
(b) Dublin.
(c) Waterford.
(d) Kilkenny.

10. The act required assistance from which segment of the population?
(a) Landlords.
(b) Merchants.
(c) Prosperous.
(d) Royalty.

11. In what year was the failed Irish rebellion?
(a) 1921.
(b) 1916.
(c) 1908.
(d) 1898.

12. The author revisits which character from a previous chapter?
(a) Tom Flynn.
(b) Bridget O'Donnel.
(c) Diarmuid O'Donovan Rossa.
(d) John Russell.

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

14. Which country is not referred to by Queen Victoria?
(a) America.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Austria.

15. When was the Rate-in-Aid Act passed?
(a) 1848.
(b) 1849.
(c) 1850.
(d) 1851.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the leaders arrive in the city?

2. Skibberdeen was referred to as a:

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

4. How were the quarantined family members transported?

5. Which was not among the membership of Young Ireland?

(see the answer keys)

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