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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the storekeeper say the Mundys go through faster than anyone in Ballybeg?
(a) Chicken feed.
(b) Quinine.
(c) Corn meal.
(d) Batteries.

2. What does Chris do that Kate thinks sacrilegious?
(a) She shows her legs when she dances.
(b) She wears the surplice she's been ironing.
(c) She takes the name of the Lord in vain.
(d) She turns the picture of the saints to the wall.

3. What is Kate determined to do this winter?
(a) Take the bus to town.
(b) Save enough money to buy a car.
(c) Start riding the horse to town.
(d) Fix up the old bicycle and learn to ride it.

4. What does Maggie call Michael?
(a) Sweetheart.
(b) Cub.
(c) Tub.
(d) Chub.

5. What is the name of the village where the Mundys live?
(a) Ryanga.
(b) Ballybeg.
(c) Donegal.
(d) Abyssinia.

6. What is Michael building in the yard?
(a) A fort.
(b) A treehouse.
(c) A birdhouse.
(d) Kites.

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

8. What do the characters call movies?
(a) Films.
(b) Cinema.
(c) Pictures.
(d) Moving pictures.

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

10. In what year does Dancing at Lughnasa take place?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1936.

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

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

13. What does Kate call vulgar language?
(a) Back hill language.
(b) Corner-boy language.
(c) Low-class language.
(d) Savage language.

14. What shame does Chris bring on the family years before?
(a) She has Michael out of wedlock.
(b) She has stolen food for the family.
(c) She has fought for the British.
(d) She has married a Briton.

15. From what disease does Uncle Jack suffer?
(a) Dengue fever.
(b) Consumption.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Leprosy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Bernie O'Donnell?

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

3. Where has Uncle Jack been when the story opens?

4. What does Kate say is the only thing Gerry Evans does well?

5. What does the Mundy family use as fuel for the stove?

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