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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the result of Gerry Evans' war injury?
(a) He is unable to dance.
(b) He is unable to work.
(c) He is unable to walk.
(d) He is paralyzed.

2. How does Maggie lighten the mood about the lack of food in the house?
(a) Maggie says there's plenty for all.
(b) Maggie says they'll all be thinner.
(c) Maggie says it's a nice challenge to a chef like her.
(d) Maggie says she's got a secret recipe.

3. What are the hand knitters in Ballybeg going to do?
(a) March to protest the new factory.
(b) Ride the bus to work in the factory in Donegal.
(c) Train for different work.
(d) Go on public assistance.

4. What does Maggie forget at the end of the play?
(a) The words to a song.
(b) The answer to a riddle.
(c) The steps to a dance.
(d) The recipe for Eggs Ballybeg.

5. What do the back hills people do to celebrate Lughnasa?
(a) Run through a bonfire.
(b) Drive their cattle through a bonfire.
(c) Burn the British in effigy in a bonfire.
(d) Cook around a bonfire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gerry Evans see on the way to the Mundy house that he thinks is a good omen?

2. What does the Donegal Enquirer call Uncle Jack?

3. How does Gerry Evans react when Chris tells him the family is watching them?

4. Who does Rose share her picnic with?

5. What does Maggie say she would choose if she had to select either a plump old widower or one Wild Woodbine?

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