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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 Agnes recommend to fix the radio?
(a) Move it to another room.
(b) Turn it off until it cools down.
(c) Fix the frayed cord.
(d) Buy a new battery.

2. How old is Michael when this story takes place?
(a) Seven.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Ten.
(d) Four.

3. What does Gerry's customer take from him the day before yesterday?
(a) Four Bibles.
(b) Four gramophones.
(c) Four encyclopedias.
(d) Four brochures.

4. 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 don't know where he was.
(c) They are afraid of endangering Uncle Jack.
(d) Kate is in the War of Independence against Britain.

5. Where has Uncle Jack been when the story opens?
(a) In a leper colony in Uganda.
(b) In London.
(c) Working for the British army in East Africa.
(d) In Dublin.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Uncle Jack been gone?

2. What feeling does the radio create in Michael?

3. Where is Gerry Evans going?

4. When is La Lughnasa held in the old days?

5. Why does the parish priest tell Kate she may lose her teaching job?

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