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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. Why do Maggie and Chris object to Rose seeing Danny Bradley?
(a) He's married.
(b) He's a drunk.
(c) He's handsome and they're jealous.
(d) He's a liar.

2. Where has Uncle Jack been when the story opens?
(a) In Dublin.
(b) In London.
(c) In a leper colony in Uganda.
(d) Working for the British army in East Africa.

3. What superstition does Maggie believe?
(a) A broken mirror will bring seven years of bad luck.
(b) A black cat should be avoided.
(c) Throw salt over your shoulder if you spill it.
(d) Never walk under a ladder.

4. What is the "double blessing" Bernie O'Donnell has?
(a) Twin boys.
(b) Citizenship in two countries.
(c) Twin girls.
(d) Twice as much money.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gerry Evans see at the Mundy house that he says is a bad omen?

2. What shame does Chris bring on the family years before?

3. What medication does Uncle Jack take?

4. What does Kate call the people who live in the back hills?

5. Why does Kate ask God to forgive her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is the difference between the way Kate dances and the dance of the other sisters?

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