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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 thirtieth.
(b) August fifteenth.
(c) August first.
(d) September first.

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

3. Why does the parish priest tell Kate she may lose her teaching job?
(a) The priest says the number of students is falling.
(b) The priest says Kate is getting too old to teach.
(c) The priest says the parents object to Kate's methods.
(d) The priest says Uncle Jack is a blot on the community.

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

5. Which of the sisters dances alone?
(a) Agnes.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Kate.
(d) Rose.

6. To what tune do Gerry Evans and Chris dance?
(a) Pennsylvania 6-5000.
(b) String of Pearls.
(c) Dancing in the Dark.
(d) Some Enchanted Evening.

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

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

9. Why do Maggie and Chris object to Rose seeing Danny Bradley?
(a) He's a drunk.
(b) He's married.
(c) He's a liar.
(d) He's handsome and they're jealous.

10. What do the Mundy sisters name their radio?
(a) Danny.
(b) Marconi.
(c) Gerry.
(d) Lugh.

11. What worries Kate most about losing her job?
(a) What will become of the sisters?
(b) What will become of Uncle Jack?
(c) What will become of Rose?
(d) What will become of their reputation.

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

13. Which of the sisters refuses to watch Chris dancing with Gerry Evans?
(a) Kate.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Agnes.
(d) Rose.

14. Who is Bernie O'Donnell?
(a) An old friend of Kate's.
(b) An old friend of Rose's.
(c) An old friend of Agnes's.
(d) An old friend of Maggie's.

15. How long has Gerry Evans been away?
(a) Eighteen months.
(b) Thirteen months.
(c) Six months.
(d) A year.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the population of Balleybeg looking forward to?

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

3. What is Kate's nickname at school?

4. What does Kate call the people who live in the back hills?

5. What does the Donegal Enquirer call Uncle Jack?

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