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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the result of Gerry Evans' war injury?
(a) He is unable to work.
(b) He is paralyzed.
(c) He is unable to dance.
(d) He is unable to walk.

2. Why does Michael say the characters dance with their eyes half closed?
(a) Closing their eyes helps them to listen better.
(b) The music makes them sleepy.
(c) To open their eyes would break the spell.
(d) The music bores them.

3. In Act 2, what does Maggie think Agnes should do to make a living?
(a) Travel to Dublin and look for work.
(b) Go to work in the glove factory.
(c) Start a dressmaking business.
(d) Gather turf to sell.

4. Why does Michael think Agnes and Rose did not apply to work in the knitting factory?
(a) Rose would not 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) Neither sister would have been hired at the factory.

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. Why does Michael leave the family home when he is old enough?
(a) He has to travel for an education.
(b) The spirit and fun is gone.
(c) He gets a job that takes him away.
(d) He is the last one left in the home.

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

13. What has Michael painted on the kites?
(a) Forest animals.
(b) Cruel, garish faces.
(c) White roosters.
(d) Sunny, happy faces.

14. Where does Gerry Evans hide when Agnes comes back from picking blackberries?
(a) On top of the sycamore tree.
(b) Behind the door.
(c) In the bushes in front of the house.
(d) Under the table.

15. Why does Gerry Evans say he is going to Spain?
(a) To earn a living for his family.
(b) To fight to preserve the union.
(c) To fight for democracy.
(d) It's somewhere to go.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Chris feel about her job?

2. What does Gerry Evans seem to be able to do that no one else in the family can?

3. What does Rose wear that is unusual for berry picking?

4. What is Michael writing to ask from Santa Claus?

5. Who is Gerry Evans imitating when he leaves Ballybeg?

(see the answer keys)

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