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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Maggie worry when Michael can't be seen?
(a) He could go to the old well.
(b) He could go into town.
(c) He could go to the back hills.
(d) He could go to the woods.

2. How does Maggie feel about Michael's kites?
(a) She is proud of them.
(b) She loves them.
(c) She hates them.
(d) She is amused by them.

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 women their age dancing.
(c) People will laugh at their clothes.
(d) People will laugh because they have no husbands.

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

5. What does Michael say the characters in the play respond to more than the beat of the music?
(a) The sweetness of the music.
(b) The lyrics of the music.
(c) The enchantment of the music.
(d) The mood of the music.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Wild Woodbine?

2. In Act 2, what does Maggie think Agnes should do to make a living?

3. What has Michael painted on the kites?

4. Why does Rose laugh at Agnes while they are picking berries?

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

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