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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Agnes recommend to fix the radio?
(a) Move it to another room.
(b) Turn it off until it cools down.
(c) Buy a new battery.
(d) Fix the frayed cord.

2. What is Michael building in the yard?
(a) Kites.
(b) A birdhouse.
(c) A treehouse.
(d) A fort.

3. In what year does Dancing at Lughnasa take place?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1938.

4. What does Gerry Evans see at the Mundy house that he says is a bad omen?
(a) A magpie.
(b) A crow.
(c) A vulture.
(d) A black cat.

5. What gift does Danny Bradley give Rose for Christmas?
(a) A silver rose.
(b) A live fish.
(c) A silver fish.
(d) A live rose.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who first proposes that the sisters go to the harvest dance?

2. How do the sisters feel about Uncle Jack while he is in the leper colony?

3. How does Gerry Evans get to Ballybeg?

4. How does Chris heat the iron for their clothes?

5. What does Kate bring Chris from town because she is "far too pale?"

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Chris brought shame upon the Mundy family?

2. What does Maggie notice about the pack of cigarettes Kate brought her, and why is it significant?

3. Why does Chris call Danny Bradley a bastard?

4. We as readers are told that Rose is "simple." How does the playwright make that clear to the audience?

5. From what does Kate struggle to protect her home when they joke about naming the radio?

6. After Agnes blows Michael a kiss, she says it was the wrong thing to do. Why would it be the wrong thing to do?

7. What do you think Michael means when he talks of a widening breach between what seemed to be and what was?

8. Why do you think the playwright chose to have adult Michael speak the lines of child Michael instead of having two actors?

9. What does Agnes mean when she asks Chris, "Do you want to make a pagan of yourself?"

10. Why do you think young Michael felt unease rather than amusement or joy when his mother and aunts danced?

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