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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following most embarrassed the British government?
(a) Number of dying emigrants.
(b) Juvenile inmates.
(c) Continued destruction of crops.
(d) Inability to control Ireland.

2. What caused the blight to spread rapidly in this chapter?
(a) Rains.
(b) Dysentery.
(c) Wind.
(d) Emigration.

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

4. Corpses were routinely found by which of these groups?
(a) Shopkeepers.
(b) Farmers.
(c) Priests.
(d) Magistrates.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the British refer to the famine?

2. What type of roof did most cabins have?

3. When did the leaders arrive in the city?

4. How many passengers were allowed aboard compared to the five ton limit according to the British?

5. Where did the Queen disembark in Ireland?

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