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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 Kate call vulgar language?
(a) Corner-boy language.
(b) Back hill language.
(c) Low-class language.
(d) Savage language.

2. Which of the sisters is first to stop work and dance to the radio music?
(a) Rose.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Agnes.
(d) Chris.

3. What medication does Uncle Jack take?
(a) Pepto-bismol.
(b) Quinine.
(c) Antibiotic.
(d) Benadryl.

4. Where is Bernie O'Donnell's husband from?
(a) Ballybeg.
(b) London.
(c) Stockholm.
(d) Dublin.

5. Whose arrival throws the Mundy household into turmoil?
(a) Uncle Jack.
(b) Michael.
(c) Gerry Evans.
(d) Bernie O'Donnell.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old Is Uncle Jack?

2. What do the characters call movies?

3. What does Danny Bradley call Rose?

4. When is La Lughnasa held in the old days?

5. What do the Mundy sisters name their radio?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Maggie release for Michael to see?

9. The song Maggie sings says that if the Irish don't vote for De Valera, they'll be like Gandhi and his goat. What does this mean?

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

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