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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 the storekeeper say the Mundys go through faster than anyone in Ballybeg?
(a) Batteries.
(b) Quinine.
(c) Corn meal.
(d) Chicken feed.

2. How do the sisters feel about Uncle Jack while he is in the leper colony?
(a) He is a mystery to them.
(b) He is a hero and a saint to them.
(c) He is cut off from them.
(d) He is a shame and a disgrace to them.

3. What does Chris do that Kate thinks sacrilegious?
(a) She turns the picture of the saints to the wall.
(b) She wears the surplice she's been ironing.
(c) She shows her legs when she dances.
(d) She takes the name of the Lord in vain.

4. How does Gerry Evans get to Ballybeg?
(a) Gerry Evans gets a ride from a man he meets in a bar.
(b) Gerry Evans buys a bicycle.
(c) Gerry Evans walks.
(d) Gerry Evans buys a car.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the sisters is first to stop work and dance to the radio music?

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

3. What does Kate say is the only thing Gerry Evans does well?

4. Why do the sisters stop dancing?

5. What does Gerry's customer take from him the day before yesterday?

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