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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) Jokes.
(c) Personal questions.
(d) Plots of stories he's read.

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

3. Why does Kate object to going to the harvest dance?
(a) People will laugh because they are awkward dancers.
(b) People will laugh at their clothes.
(c) People will laugh because they have no husbands.
(d) People will laugh at women their age dancing.

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

5. How does Michael scare Maggie?
(a) Michael pretends to see a snake.
(b) Michael pretends to see a spider.
(c) Michael pretends to see a mouse.
(d) Michael pretends to see a rat.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what tune do Gerry Evans and Chris dance?

3. What does Chris want Michael to believe about his father?

4. What does Gerry Evans see at the Mundy house that he says is a bad omen?

5. What does Gerry Evans see on the way to the Mundy house that he thinks is a good omen?

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