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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where has Uncle Jack been when the story opens?
(a) In London.
(b) Working for the British army in East Africa.
(c) In a leper colony in Uganda.
(d) In Dublin.

3. Why does Chris refuse Gerry Evans' offer?
(a) She believes he doesn't love her.
(b) She believes he would keep her in poverty.
(c) She believes he would walk out on her again.
(d) She believes he is already married.

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

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

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

7. How does Michael scare Maggie?
(a) Michael pretends to see a mouse.
(b) Michael pretends to see a spider.
(c) Michael pretends to see a rat.
(d) Michael pretends to see a snake.

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

9. How do the sisters feel about Uncle Jack while he is in the leper colony?
(a) He is a shame and a disgrace to them.
(b) He is a hero and a saint to them.
(c) He is cut off from them.
(d) He is a mystery to them.

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

11. What does Kate say is the only thing Gerry Evans does well?
(a) Sell himself.
(b) Sing.
(c) Dance.
(d) Sell merchandise.

12. What is the population of Balleybeg looking forward to?
(a) The harvest potluck.
(b) The harvest dance.
(c) The harvest picnic.
(d) The harvest parade.

13. What does Chris want Michael to believe about his father?
(a) That he is handsome.
(b) That he is honorable.
(c) That he is responsible.
(d) That he is trustworthy.

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

15. What does the Donegal Enquirer call Uncle Jack?
(a) Our own leper priest.
(b) A hero to all Ireland.
(c) Our own traitor.
(d) A disgrace to our country.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the joker of the Mundy family?

2. How old is Michael when this story takes place?

3. How old Is Uncle Jack?

4. Whose arrival throws the Mundy household into turmoil?

5. How soon does Kate predict Gerry Evans will come back?

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