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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 is the population of Balleybeg looking forward to?
(a) The harvest potluck.
(b) The harvest parade.
(c) The harvest picnic.
(d) The harvest dance.

2. What do the people of Ballylbeg plan for Jack?
(a) A public welcome.
(b) A fundraiser.
(c) A bonfire.
(d) A birthday party.

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 Kate's.
(d) An old friend of Maggie's.

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

5. What does the Donegal Enquirer call Uncle Jack?
(a) Our own leper priest.
(b) Our own traitor.
(c) A hero to all Ireland.
(d) A disgrace to our country.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gerry Evans see on the way to the Mundy house that he thinks is a good omen?

2. What superstition does Maggie believe?

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

4. Who is Lugh?

5. What is the "double blessing" Bernie O'Donnell has?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why do you think the opening tableau shows Uncle Jack in his "resplendent" uniform, which is out of place in the play's action?

5. What does Maggie mean when she tells Michael that someday he's going to fill some woman's life with happiness?

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

7. How does Kate feel about Michael, and how can you tell?

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

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

10. Why does Chris call Danny Bradley a bastard?

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