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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were the quarantined family members transported?
(a) Rowboat.
(b) Carriage.
(c) Train.
(d) Bus.

2. Passengers were often faced with what group?
(a) Doctors.
(b) Swindlers.
(c) Pirates.
(d) Immigration officers.

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

4. The O'Donnel baby was born with what problem?
(a) Measles.
(b) Typhus.
(c) Cholera.
(d) Still-born.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Rate-in-Aid Act passed?

2. What is "auld sod?"

3. What was the first name of Mrs. O'Donnel?

4. Where were the goods on board the ship being sent?

5. Even after the blight was over, many Irish continued to believe it was caused by which of the following?

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