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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was hit the hardest by the famine?
(a) Children.
(b) Landlords.
(c) Tenants.
(d) Laborers.

2. What word best describes the leaf of a potato plant?
(a) Short.
(b) Broad.
(c) Round.
(d) Prickly.

3. Where did the cause of the blight most likely come from?
(a) South Africa.
(b) Wales.
(c) Brazil.
(d) England.

4. How much of the harvest was lost in 1846?
(a) 1/2.
(b) 3/4.
(c) 1/3.
(d) 3/5.

5. What type of food was stolen from an untended pot?
(a) Mutton.
(b) Cabbage.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Rabbit.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people were allowed into the kitchen area at one time?

2. What was the primary source of income for most large farms?

3. Which of the following was not a category listed for class status?

4. During which month was the first crop harvested?

5. The blight was wrongly considered to be a type of:

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the conditions of the summer of 1849.

2. What happened to Diarmuid O'Donovan Rossa and his family?

3. What was the Galway Act?

4. New diseases began to plague the people. Describe the new illnesses and how they spread.

5. What was the proclamation made by the traveling priest?

6. How did the people react to the change in the weather?

7. What was the basic form of the educational system for the farmers' children?

8. What was the emigration rate from the time of the famine onward?

9. Explain the physicians' advice to the sick and dying regarding disease.

10. The author states that the potato famine had little to do with the shortage of food. What was the real issue? The real issue was that people were being denied access to available food, through the stubbornness of the British to import corn and the skyrocketing prices and almost non-existent wages being paid to laborers. After the majority of the crops were destroyed, Prime Minister Russell finally decided to take action. What was the action?

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