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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chris hear that Gerry Evans is doing in Dublin?
(a) Selling encyclopedias.
(b) Teaching dance lessons.
(c) Teaching Bible lessons.
(d) Selling gramophones.

2. Which sister is dead when Michael finds them?
(a) Agnes.
(b) Neither was dead when Michael found them.
(c) Both were dead when Michael found them.
(d) Rose.

3. What does Maggie say she would choose if she had to select either a plump old widower or one Wild Woodbine?
(a) Both.
(b) Neither.
(c) The plump old widower.
(d) The Wild Woodbine.

4. How does Chris feel about her job?
(a) She hates every minute of it.
(b) She is bored by every minute of it.
(c) She loves every minute of it.
(d) She is grateful for every minute of it.

5. How long does Gerry Evans think he's been away?
(a) Eighteen months.
(b) A year.
(c) Six months.
(d) Thirteen months.

Short Answer Questions

1. What work does Kate find after leaving her teaching job?

2. What do the back hills people do to celebrate Lughnasa?

3. How does Uncle Jack feel about multiple wives for one husband?

4. What does Uncle Jack remember the children had with scones but never with soda bread?

5. What does Agnes call her sisters when they dance immodestly?

(see the answer key)

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