Dancing at Lughnasa Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 120 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Dancing at Lughnasa Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 120 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kate bring Chris from town because she is "far too pale?"
(a) Lipstick.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Quinine.
(d) Cod-liver oil.

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

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

4. Why does the parish priest tell Kate she may lose her teaching job?
(a) The priest says the parents object to Kate's methods.
(b) The priest says the number of students is falling.
(c) The priest says Uncle Jack is a blot on the community.
(d) The priest says Kate is getting too old to teach.

5. What does Maggie like to ask Michael?
(a) Riddles.
(b) Plots of stories he's read.
(c) Jokes.
(d) Personal questions.

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

7. Where is Gerry Evans going?
(a) To Spain.
(b) To France.
(c) To Italy.
(d) To England.

8. How soon does Kate predict Gerry Evans will come back?
(a) In a month.
(b) In a week.
(c) In a year.
(d) Never.

9. Who is Okawa?
(a) Uncle Jack's name in Uganda.
(b) Uncle Jack's pet name for Michael.
(c) Uncle Jack's houseboy in Uganda.
(d) Uncle Jack's imaginary friend.

10. How does Chris heat the iron for their clothes?
(a) On the radiator.
(b) In the stove.
(c) In the fireplace.
(d) On the hearth.

11. What animals does Maggie feed?
(a) Pigs.
(b) Hens.
(c) Geese.
(d) Ducks.

12. What superstition does Maggie believe?
(a) Throw salt over your shoulder if you spill it.
(b) A black cat should be avoided.
(c) Never walk under a ladder.
(d) A broken mirror will bring seven years of bad luck.

13. What gift does Danny Bradley give Rose for Christmas?
(a) A silver fish.
(b) A silver rose.
(c) A live rose.
(d) A live fish.

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

15. Why is Michael disappointed in Uncle Jack?
(a) Uncle Jack shouts all the time.
(b) Uncle Jack ignores Michael.
(c) Uncle Jack doesn't look as Michael had imagined him.
(d) Uncle Jack is unkind to the family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chris do that Kate thinks sacrilegious?

2. Why does Chris refuse Gerry Evans' offer?

3. What worries Kate most about losing her job?

4. What is Michael building in the yard?

5. Why do Maggie and Chris object to Rose seeing Danny Bradley?

(see the answer keys)

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