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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what tune do Gerry Evans and Chris dance?
(a) String of Pearls.
(b) Some Enchanted Evening.
(c) Dancing in the Dark.
(d) Pennsylvania 6-5000.

2. What dance do Bernie O'Donnell and Maggie compete in?
(a) The Military Two-step.
(b) The jitterbug.
(c) The polka.
(d) The waltz.

3. What language has Uncle Jack been speaking for twenty-five years?
(a) Gaelic.
(b) English.
(c) Ugandan.
(d) Swahili.

4. What is the first thing the Mundys listen to on the radio?
(a) British news.
(b) Irish dance music.
(c) British dance music.
(d) Irish news.

5. Who is the joker of the Mundy family?
(a) Agnes.
(b) Rose.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Kate.

6. What does Gerry's customer take from him the day before yesterday?
(a) Four encyclopedias.
(b) Four gramophones.
(c) Four brochures.
(d) Four Bibles.

7. What does Kate call the people who live in the back hills?
(a) Ignoramuses.
(b) Fools.
(c) Pagans.
(d) Savages.

8. How old is Michael when this story takes place?
(a) Four.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Ten.
(d) Seven.

9. What does Agnes call her sisters when they dance immodestly?
(a) Animals.
(b) Creatures.
(c) Pagans.
(d) Demons.

10. Why does Rose dance in wellingtons?
(a) Her other shoes are for Sunday.
(b) The wellingtons are more comfortable.
(c) She has no other shoes.
(d) She can't get the wellingtons off.

11. In what year does Dancing at Lughnasa take place?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1936.

12. What do the characters call movies?
(a) Cinema.
(b) Moving pictures.
(c) Pictures.
(d) Films.

13. Which of the sisters is first to stop work and dance to the radio music?
(a) Maggie.
(b) Rose.
(c) Chris.
(d) Agnes.

14. What medication does Uncle Jack take?
(a) Antibiotic.
(b) Benadryl.
(c) Pepto-bismol.
(d) Quinine.

15. What does Maggie admire about Brian McGuinness?
(a) His white hands and long eyelashes.
(b) His military bearing.
(c) His blue eyes and curly hair.
(d) His straight nose and muscular shoulders.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Gerry Evans been away?

2. What is Michael building in the yard?

3. Why does Kate ask God to forgive her?

4. Why is Michael disappointed in Uncle Jack?

5. Why doesn't Gerry Evans bring Michael a bicycle?

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