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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 James Mahony?
(a) Farmer.
(b) Politician.
(c) Artist.
(d) Laborer.

2. The blight was wrongly considered to be a type of:
(a) Fungus.
(b) Punishment from God.
(c) Bad luck.
(d) Dry rot.

3. How many days in jail might one spend for trespassing?
(a) 2.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

4. Which month was plagued by heavy rains?
(a) August.
(b) October.
(c) July.
(d) May.

5. What item was used to protect the crop after harvest?
(a) Clay.
(b) Water.
(c) Ice.
(d) Pesticide.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days per year did the average farmer work to pay the landlord?

2. What kind of container was used to transport the harvested crops?

3. About one-third of the Irish held what occupation?

4. What was the surname of the farmer and his children?

5. Which item was chained to the table at the kitchen?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe how the blight arrived in Ireland and infected the crops.

3. How did the British government slow the emigrations to Canada and America?

4. What are cash crops? Why were they important to the farmer?

5. What does the author mean when she stated "entire families disappeared?"

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

7. Who else had been influenced by the British government?

8. Recount the story of Bridget O'Donnel.

9. What laws were passed by King William of Orange?

10. How did the media intervene in the Brits treatment of the Irish?

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