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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Uncle Jack die?
(a) On the evening of his return home.
(b) On the eve of La Lughansa the year after his return.
(c) Within a month of his homecoming.
(d) On the eve of La Lughansa the month he returned.

2. What does Chris think is wrong with the radio?
(a) It's broken.
(b) It's old.
(c) It's possessed.
(d) It's improperly wired.

3. To whom does Maggie compare herself when she dances?
(a) Mae West.
(b) Cyd Charisse.
(c) Ann Miller.
(d) Shirley Temple.

4. What does Chris do when Gerry Evans dances with Agnes and Maggie?
(a) Makes up her own dance.
(b) Turns the radio off.
(c) Sings along with the radio.
(d) Joins in the dance.

5. What does Maggie forget at the end of the play?
(a) The recipe for Eggs Ballybeg.
(b) The answer to a riddle.
(c) The steps to a dance.
(d) The words to a song.

6. Where are Agnes and Rose when Michael finds them?
(a) New York.
(b) Dublin.
(c) London.
(d) Sweden.

7. How does Uncle Jack feel about multiple wives for one husband?
(a) "I'm getting used to it."
(b) "I'm completely in favor of it."
(c) "I'm completely against it."
(d) "I'm not sure that I'm against it."

8. How many husbands does Uncle Jack say he could provide the sisters in Ryanga?
(a) One husband for all five of them.
(b) More than one husband for each of them.
(c) One husband for each of them.
(d) One husband for four of them.

9. What does Chris want Gerry Evans to do for the family?
(a) Dance with the sisters.
(b) Fix the radio.
(c) Move in with them.
(d) Write to them from Spain.

10. What does Gerry Evans offer Chris during each annual visit?
(a) A dinner out.
(b) A dance.
(c) Marriage.
(d) A new bike.

11. What happened to Rose's pet rooster?
(a) Rose killed it.
(b) It died mysteriously.
(c) Maggie killed it.
(d) The fox killed it.

12. Which of the sisters takes over to organize the search for Rose?
(a) Kate.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Chris.
(d) Agnes.

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

14. How does Chris earn her living after Uncle Jack dies?
(a) Knitting at home.
(b) She opens a dressmaker's shop.
(c) She opens a dancing school.
(d) In the knitting factory.

15. How is Gerry Evans wounded in Spain?
(a) He is shot.
(b) He falls off his motorbike.
(c) He is disabled by mustard gas.
(d) He is injured by a grenade.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take Michael to find Agnes and Rose?

2. Why does Rose laugh at Agnes while they are picking berries?

3. What role does Gerry Evans love to play?

4. What popular song does Gerry Evans dance to with the sisters in Act 2?

5. In Act 2, what does Maggie think Agnes should do to make a living?

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