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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. According to some farmers, tribes of ___ must have been warring over the potatoes?
(a) Leprechauns.
(b) Elves.
(c) Merchants.
(d) Fairies.

2. How long would it take for the blight to destroy a potato field?
(a) Weeks.
(b) Hours.
(c) Days.
(d) Minutes.

3. Who was named as the new head of the British Treasury?
(a) Dungarvan.
(b) Russell.
(c) Windsor.
(d) Trevelyan.

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

5. A "dip-at-the-stool" meal consisted of dipping potatoes into which liquid?
(a) Salt water.
(b) Vinegar.
(c) Molasses.
(d) Oil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What/who did the workhouses support?

2. How many children did the farmer have helping out in the fields?

3. In what year did Trevelyan approve an act to provide supplementary food?

4. Although the United States never officially offered aid, it did send what items?

5. How many acres were planted?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the events surrounding the deaths of passengers en route to America.

2. What were some of the hardships face by the emigrants?

3. What was one of the biggest benefits of the soup kitchens?

4. How did Peel attempt to get the Corn Laws repealed?

5. What was the church's opinion on stealing food?

6. Define the class system of the Irish people. Include the occupations and locations of landowners.

7. According to the farmers, what was the cause of the damage to the potatoes?

8. Name at least one benefit for the landlord that evicted tenants.

9. Explain the purpose of the formation of Young Ireland.

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

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