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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How long does Gerry Evans think he's been away?
(a) A year.
(b) Eighteen months.
(c) Six months.
(d) Thirteen months.
2. What does Gerry Evans want Chris to do?
(a) Marry him.
(b) Run away with him.
(c) Go to the harvest dance with him.
(d) Tell Michael about him.
3. Which of the sisters is first to stop work and dance to the radio music?
(a) Maggie.
(b) Agnes.
(c) Rose.
(d) Chris.
4. What does Kate say is the only thing Gerry Evans does well?
(a) Sell himself.
(b) Sing.
(c) Sell merchandise.
(d) Dance.
5. Who is Okawa?
(a) Uncle Jack's imaginary friend.
(b) Uncle Jack's pet name for Michael.
(c) Uncle Jack's houseboy in Uganda.
(d) Uncle Jack's name in Uganda.
6. From what disease does Uncle Jack suffer?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Dengue fever.
(c) Consumption.
(d) Leprosy.
7. What does Danny Bradley call Rose?
(a) Rosie.
(b) Sally Rose.
(c) Rosebud.
(d) Flower.
8. In what year does Dancing at Lughnasa take place?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1936.
9. What does the storekeeper say the Mundys go through faster than anyone in Ballybeg?
(a) Corn meal.
(b) Chicken feed.
(c) Batteries.
(d) Quinine.
10. Whose arrival throws the Mundy household into turmoil?
(a) Gerry Evans.
(b) Uncle Jack.
(c) Bernie O'Donnell.
(d) Michael.
11. What is the "double blessing" Bernie O'Donnell has?
(a) Citizenship in two countries.
(b) Twice as much money.
(c) Twin girls.
(d) Twin boys.
12. Why does Maggie worry when Michael can't be seen?
(a) He could go to the woods.
(b) He could go to the back hills.
(c) He could go into town.
(d) He could go to the old well.
13. Why don't the Mundys speak of Uncle Jack when he is a chaplain for the British army?
(a) They are angry with him.
(b) They are afraid of endangering Uncle Jack.
(c) Kate is in the War of Independence against Britain.
(d) They don't know where he was.
14. Why does Kate ask God to forgive her?
(a) For calling Gerry Evans a bastard.
(b) For poisoning the atmosphere in the house.
(c) For judging her sisters.
(d) For refusing to dance.
15. How does Chris heat the iron for their clothes?
(a) In the stove.
(b) In the fireplace.
(c) On the radiator.
(d) On the hearth.
Short Answer Questions
1. When is La Lughnasa held in the old days?
2. Why do the sisters stop dancing?
3. What is the population of Balleybeg looking forward to?
4. How does Kate think children should be named?
5. Who is the joker of the Mundy family?
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