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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. How old is Michael when this story takes place?
(a) Ten.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Four.
(d) Seven.
2. How do the sisters feel about Uncle Jack while he is in the leper colony?
(a) He is a hero and a saint to them.
(b) He is cut off from them.
(c) He is a shame and a disgrace to them.
(d) He is a mystery to them.
3. What unusual stage convention involves the boy Michael?
(a) The boy Michael narrates the play.
(b) The boy Michael is invisible, and his lines are said by adult Michael.
(c) The boy Michael is silent.
(d) The boy Michael is played by an adult.
4. To what tune do Gerry Evans and Chris dance?
(a) Dancing in the Dark.
(b) Some Enchanted Evening.
(c) Pennsylvania 6-5000.
(d) String of Pearls.
5. What does the storekeeper say the Mundys go through faster than anyone in Ballybeg?
(a) Quinine.
(b) Chicken feed.
(c) Batteries.
(d) Corn meal.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is Bernie O'Donnell?
2. What do the Mundy sisters name their radio?
3. Where has Uncle Jack been when the story opens?
4. What is the first thing the Mundys listen to on the radio?
5. What is Kate determined to do this winter?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Maggie release for Michael to see?
2. Why do you think the parish priest doesn't want to look Kate in the eye since Uncle Jack came home?
3. What does Maggie mean when she tells Michael that someday he's going to fill some woman's life with happiness?
4. From what does Kate struggle to protect her home when they joke about naming the radio?
5. How has Uncle Jack brought status to the Mundy family?
6. For what is the fox in the hen house a metaphor?
7. Why do you think the playwright chose to have adult Michael speak the lines of child Michael instead of having two actors?
8. What is Maggie's reaction to hearing that her old friend Bernie O'Donnell is in town, and why does she react this way?
9. What does Chris wear during the sisters' dancing that upsets Kate?
10. What significance does Austin Morgan have in this story?
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