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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maggie like to ask Michael?
(a) Riddles.
(b) Plots of stories he's read.
(c) Jokes.
(d) Personal questions.

2. How does Kate identify Gerry Evans?
(a) Gerry Evans is tall and handsome.
(b) Gerry Evans carries a suitcase of goods to sell.
(c) Gerry Evans is riding a bicycle.
(d) Gerry Evans has a walking stick and a straw hat.

3. Why don't the Mundys speak of Uncle Jack when he is a chaplain for the British army?
(a) They are angry with him.
(b) They are afraid of endangering Uncle Jack.
(c) They don't know where he was.
(d) Kate is in the War of Independence against Britain.

4. Why does Rose dance in wellingtons?
(a) The wellingtons are more comfortable.
(b) She can't get the wellingtons off.
(c) She has no other shoes.
(d) Her other shoes are for Sunday.

5. What does Gerry Evans want Chris to do?
(a) Go to the harvest dance with him.
(b) Marry him.
(c) Run away with him.
(d) Tell Michael about him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Bernie O'Donnell's husband from?

2. What does the Mundy family use as fuel for the stove?

3. How does Chris heat the iron for their clothes?

4. How does Jack feel about the Ballybeg climate?

5. Why does Chris refuse Gerry Evans' offer?

(see the answer key)

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