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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When is La Lughnasa held in the old days?
(a) September first.
(b) August fifteenth.
(c) September thirtieth.
(d) August first.

2. What does Gerry Evans see on the way to the Mundy house that he thinks is a good omen?
(a) A leprechaun.
(b) A customer for his gramophones.
(c) A unicorn.
(d) A cow with one horn.

3. 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.

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

5. What happens to the Sweeney boy at Lughnasa?
(a) He caught fire.
(b) He was burned in effigy.
(c) He was sent home for being too young.
(d) He was ridiculed.

6. How does Kate think children should be named?
(a) With the names of movie stars.
(b) With the names of Catholic saints.
(c) With the names of Celtic gods and goddesses.
(d) With the names of grandparents.

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

8. How many pairs of gloves must the sisters produce this week?
(a) Six.
(b) Two dozen.
(c) One dozen.
(d) Sixty.

9. Why does Kate object to going to the harvest dance?
(a) People will laugh at women their age dancing.
(b) People will laugh because they have no husbands.
(c) People will laugh at their clothes.
(d) People will laugh because they are awkward dancers.

10. What does Chris hear that Gerry Evans is doing in Dublin?
(a) Teaching dance lessons.
(b) Selling gramophones.
(c) Selling encyclopedias.
(d) Teaching Bible lessons.

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

12. What does Danny Bradley call Rose?
(a) Rosie.
(b) Rosebud.
(c) Flower.
(d) Sally Rose.

13. How does Maggie think Gerry Evans looks?
(a) Handsome.
(b) Terrified.
(c) Friendly.
(d) Cocky.

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

15. How does Kate identify Gerry Evans?
(a) Gerry Evans is tall and handsome.
(b) Gerry Evans is riding a bicycle.
(c) Gerry Evans has a walking stick and a straw hat.
(d) Gerry Evans carries a suitcase of goods to sell.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what tune do Gerry Evans and Chris dance?

2. Why does Rose dance in wellingtons?

3. What does Chris do that Kate thinks sacrilegious?

4. What does Gerry Evans want Chris to do?

5. Who is Bernie O'Donnell?

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