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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who had the highest status at the time?

3. What word best describes the leaf of a potato plant?

4. How much of the harvest was lost in 1846?

5. In which county was a 16 year old arrested?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the British retaliate against the revolutionaries?

3. Explain a typical eviction day.

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

5. Describe the conditions on the ships sailing to America.

6. What was the Galway Act?

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

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

9. Explain why the workhouses fell into chaos during the second year of the famine.

10. Name at least one of the precautions taken by the farmers to protect the potatoes.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Young Ireland was a group of people rebelling against the unfairness of the British government. Explain how the group formed and when. Who was in charge? What were the group's strong points? What were the group's detriments? How might the group have been more effective?

Essay Topic 2

Powerlessness is a major theme in the book. Write a 1000 word essay about powerlessness and how it relates to the farmers, tenants, crops, politics and emigration.

Essay Topic 3

The Irish are often known as being a friendly and fanciful culture. Describe the Irish culture, including its religion, social policies, and folk lore.

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