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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) Fix the frayed cord.
(c) Turn it off until it cools down.
(d) Buy a new battery.

2. What does Maggie call Michael?
(a) Cub.
(b) Chub.
(c) Sweetheart.
(d) Tub.

3. Who is Bernie O'Donnell?
(a) An old friend of Rose's.
(b) An old friend of Agnes's.
(c) An old friend of Maggie's.
(d) An old friend of Kate's.

4. What does Gerry Evans think the radio is when he hears it?
(a) A piano.
(b) A wireless.
(c) A recording.
(d) A gramophone.

5. Why does Chris refuse Gerry Evans' offer?
(a) She believes he is already married.
(b) She believes he would keep her in poverty.
(c) She believes he would walk out on her again.
(d) She believes he doesn't love her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the sisters stop dancing?

2. What do the people of Ballylbeg plan for Jack?

3. Why do Maggie and Chris object to Rose seeing Danny Bradley?

4. What does Danny Bradley call Rose?

5. How does Jack feel about the Ballybeg climate?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Uncle Jack brought status to the Mundy family?

2. When Irish music comes from the radio, which of the sisters begins to dance first, and in what mood does she dance?

3. What does Maggie release for Michael to see?

4. How far do the Mundys live from the rest of the village, and what significance is there in that distance?

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

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

7. For what is the fox in the hen house a metaphor?

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

9. Why does Kate become angry when Rose repeats the idea that twins are a double blessing?

10. What is Maggie's reaction to hearing that her old friend Bernie O'Donnell is in town, and why does she react this way?

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