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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of the sisters dances alone?
(a) Maggie.
(b) Kate.
(c) Rose.
(d) Agnes.
2. 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 because they have no husbands.
(d) People will laugh at their clothes.
3. What do the back hills people do to celebrate Lughnasa?
(a) Run through a bonfire.
(b) Drive their cattle through a bonfire.
(c) Cook around a bonfire.
(d) Burn the British in effigy in a bonfire.
4. How long has Uncle Jack been gone?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) Twenty-five years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Five years.
5. What do the characters call movies?
(a) Films.
(b) Moving pictures.
(c) Cinema.
(d) Pictures.
6. How does Kate think children should be named?
(a) With the names of grandparents.
(b) With the names of Catholic saints.
(c) With the names of Celtic gods and goddesses.
(d) With the names of movie stars.
7. How soon does Kate predict Gerry Evans will come back?
(a) In a year.
(b) In a month.
(c) In a week.
(d) Never.
8. How does Jack feel about the Ballybeg climate?
(a) It's perfect.
(b) It's hot.
(c) It's a relief.
(d) It's cold.
9. What gift does Danny Bradley give Rose for Christmas?
(a) A silver fish.
(b) A live fish.
(c) A live rose.
(d) A silver rose.
10. What do the people of Ballylbeg plan for Jack?
(a) A birthday party.
(b) A bonfire.
(c) A fundraiser.
(d) A public welcome.
11. Why does Rose dance in wellingtons?
(a) Her other shoes are for Sunday.
(b) She can't get the wellingtons off.
(c) She has no other shoes.
(d) The wellingtons are more comfortable.
12. What does Danny Bradley call Rose?
(a) Flower.
(b) Rosie.
(c) Rosebud.
(d) Sally Rose.
13. Who is the joker of the Mundy family?
(a) Rose.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Kate.
(d) Agnes.
14. What does Gerry Evans see at the Mundy house that he says is a bad omen?
(a) A vulture.
(b) A magpie.
(c) A black cat.
(d) A crow.
15. What dance do Bernie O'Donnell and Maggie compete in?
(a) The jitterbug.
(b) The Military Two-step.
(c) The waltz.
(d) The polka.
Short Answer Questions
1. What do the Mundy sisters name their radio?
2. What is the "double blessing" Bernie O'Donnell has?
3. What worries Kate most about losing her job?
4. What does Chris hear that Gerry Evans is doing in Dublin?
5. Why is Michael disappointed in Uncle Jack?
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