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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What language does the recruiter for the Spanish army speak?
(a) Gaelic, from Ireland.
(b) Italian, from Europe.
(c) English, from Armagh.
(d) Spanish, from Spain.

2. What work does Kate find after leaving her teaching job?
(a) She tutors Austin Morgan's family.
(b) She has to apply at the knitting factory.
(c) She marries Austin Morgan.
(d) She works as a dressmaker.

3. What does Uncle Jack think is good about the multiple-wife system?
(a) It prevents jealousy and spite.
(b) Everybody helps everybody else.
(c) There are no spinsters.
(d) There are more children.

4. How does Maggie feel about Michael's kites?
(a) She hates them.
(b) She is amused by them.
(c) She is proud of them.
(d) She loves them.

5. What does Michael say language surrenders to in music?
(a) Memory.
(b) Community.
(c) Movement.
(d) Rhythm.

6. When does Gerry Evans stop visiting the Mundys?
(a) During World War II.
(b) After 1950.
(c) In 1936.
(d) Before 1939.

7. What does Maggie think Michael should do instead of write?
(a) Study.
(b) Run around outside.
(c) Read.
(d) Fly his kites.

8. Where does the other Michael Evans live?
(a) Barcelona.
(b) Wales.
(c) Dublin.
(d) London.

9. How does Maggie lighten the mood about the lack of food in the house?
(a) Maggie says there's plenty for all.
(b) Maggie says she's got a secret recipe.
(c) Maggie says they'll all be thinner.
(d) Maggie says it's a nice challenge to a chef like her.

10. What role does Gerry Evans love to play?
(a) Heartbreaker.
(b) Fast-talking salesman.
(c) Returning hero.
(d) Disabled war veteran.

11. What bad news does Chris have from Vera McLaughlin?
(a) Vera McLaughlin won't be buying more hand-made gloves.
(b) Vera McLaughlin won't pay as much for hand-made gloves.
(c) The sisters will have to pay for their own wool.
(d) Vera McLaughlin is dissatisfied with the sisters' knitting.

12. What does dancing become in Michael's memory?
(a) A daydream.
(b) A lost art.
(c) A form of exercise.
(d) A wordless ceremony.

13. Why does Michael think Agnes and Rose did not apply to work in the knitting factory?
(a) Neither sister would have been hired at the factory.
(b) Rose and Agnes were tired of knitting gloves.
(c) Agnes would not have been hired at the factory.
(d) Rose would not have been hired at the factory.

14. What does Gerry Evans promise Michael during each annual visit?
(a) A new bike.
(b) A bell for his bike.
(c) A trip to Spain.
(d) A trip to the city.

15. Which of the sisters would care that Austin Morgan is getting married?
(a) Agnes.
(b) Kate.
(c) Rose.
(d) Maggie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which sister does Gerry Evans dance with first?

2. What is the result of Gerry Evans' war injury?

3. Who does Uncle Jack say brought a woman back from the dead?

4. How many husbands does Uncle Jack say he could provide the sisters in Ryanga?

5. What does Uncle Jack remember the children had with scones but never with soda bread?

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