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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old Is Uncle Jack?
(a) Thirty-three.
(b) Fifty-three.
(c) Forty-seven.
(d) Twenty-five.

2. What is Kate's nickname at school?
(a) The mother hen.
(b) The turkey.
(c) The goose.
(d) The gander.

3. Who is Lugh?
(a) The sister who is cognitively impaired.
(b) The Celtic god of harvest.
(c) The neighbor who helps the Mundy family.
(d) The mother of the Mundy family.

4. How long has Uncle Jack been gone?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) Five years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Twenty-five years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kate identify Gerry Evans?

2. What is Kate determined to do this winter?

3. What is the first thing the Mundys listen to on the radio?

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

5. What does the storekeeper say the Mundys go through faster than anyone in Ballybeg?

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