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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rose say happened to the boy who was burned at the Lughnasa festival?
(a) He will be crippled.
(b) He will be paralyzed.
(c) He's recovering.
(d) He died.

2. Why does Maggie claim that Michael owes her money?
(a) She had bet him his kites wouldn't fly.
(b) She had given him money to buy himself a treat.
(c) She had given him money to buy her a cigarette.
(d) She had loaned him money to make his kites.

3. 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.

4. Why does Michael say his kites haven't flown?
(a) The area is too crowded with trees.
(b) Not enough wind.
(c) The kites aren't finished.
(d) The kites need tails.

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

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

7. Who does Uncle Jack worship during Mass in Uganda?
(a) The god of casava.
(b) The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
(c) Obi, the goddess of the earth.
(d) The god of yams and wine.

8. When does Michael get a letter from another Michael Evans?
(a) In the mid-forties.
(b) In 1960.
(c) In the mid-fifties.
(d) In the mid-thirties.

9. How long does it take Michael to find Agnes and Rose?
(a) Twenty-five years.
(b) A year.
(c) Two months.
(d) All week.

10. Why does Kate think Agnes and Rose did not apply to work in the knitting factory?
(a) Agnes was too notionate to work in a factory.
(b) The sisters had no transportation to the factory.
(c) The sisters could not read the instructions.
(d) The sisters were not in robust health.

11. What does Maggie say she would choose if she had to select either a plump old widower or one Wild Woodbine?
(a) The Wild Woodbine.
(b) Neither.
(c) Both.
(d) The plump old widower.

12. What skill does Gerry Evans have that the army wanted?
(a) He can fire a cannon.
(b) He can ride a motor bike.
(c) He can speak Spanish.
(d) He can make explosives.

13. Which sister does Gerry Evans dance with first?
(a) Agnes.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Rose.
(d) Chris.

14. What does Uncle Jack promise he'll do soon?
(a) Go to the harvest festival.
(b) Teach a class on Ugandan customs.
(c) Walk four times a day.
(d) Say Mass in the house.

15. How many eggs does Maggie have to feed the people over for dinner in Act 2?
(a) Three.
(b) Seven.
(c) Five.
(d) Eight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Kate object to Gerry Evans going to Spain?

2. What does Gerry Evans trade with Uncle Jack?

3. What are the hand knitters in Ballybeg going to do?

4. How many children does Gerry Evans have besides Michael?

5. When does Uncle Jack die?

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