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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Bernie O'Donnell?
(a) An old friend of Agnes's.
(b) An old friend of Rose's.
(c) An old friend of Maggie's.
(d) An old friend of Kate's.

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

3. Why doesn't Gerry Evans bring Michael a bicycle?
(a) The one he sees is the wrong color.
(b) The one he sees is too big.
(c) The one he sees is for girls.
(d) The one he sees is too small.

4. Who is the joker of the Mundy family?
(a) Kate.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Rose.
(d) Agnes.

5. Who first proposes that the sisters go to the harvest dance?
(a) Rose.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Agnes.
(d) Kate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kate call the people who live in the back hills?

2. What dance do Bernie O'Donnell and Maggie compete in?

3. What infuriates Kate about Gerry Evans?

4. What gift does Danny Bradley give Rose for Christmas?

5. What language has Uncle Jack been speaking for twenty-five years?

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