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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who first proposes that the sisters go to the harvest dance?
(a) Agnes.
(b) Rose.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Kate.

2. Why does Gerry Evans say he is going to Spain?
(a) To fight for democracy.
(b) It's somewhere to go.
(c) To fight to preserve the union.
(d) To earn a living for his family.

3. Who does Uncle Jack say brought a woman back from the dead?
(a) The Holy Ghost.
(b) The parish priest.
(c) God, the Father.
(d) A medicine man.

4. What work do Rose and Agnes do after they leave Ballybeg?
(a) Rose and Agnes knit for private companies.
(b) Rose and Agnes work as cleaning women.
(c) Rose and Agnes start a laundry service.
(d) Rose and Agnes never find work.

5. Why does Kate ask God to forgive her?
(a) For refusing to dance.
(b) For poisoning the atmosphere in the house.
(c) For calling Gerry Evans a bastard.
(d) For judging her sisters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What medication does Uncle Jack take?

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

3. What does Kate call the people who live in the back hills?

4. What does Kate say the radio has done to the country?

5. Why is Kate offended at Uncle Jack's talk of multiple wives?

(see the answer key)

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