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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Why doesn't Gerry Evans bring Michael a bicycle?
(a) The one he sees is too small.
(b) The one he sees is the wrong color.
(c) The one he sees is too big.
(d) The one he sees is for girls.

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

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

7. How does Jack feel about the Ballybeg climate?
(a) It's hot.
(b) It's cold.
(c) It's perfect.
(d) It's a relief.

8. 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.

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

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

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

12. Who first proposes that the sisters go to the harvest dance?
(a) Maggie.
(b) Agnes.
(c) Kate.
(d) Rose.

13. What does the Mundy family use as fuel for the stove?
(a) Turf.
(b) Newspaper.
(c) Dung.
(d) Wood.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Wild Woodbine?

2. What worries Kate most about losing her job?

3. How many pairs of gloves must the sisters produce this week?

4. What do the people of Ballylbeg plan for Jack?

5. What does Maggie call Michael?

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