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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 does Gerry Evans react when Chris tells him the family is watching them?
(a) "Shame on them!"
(b) "Let's get out of sight!"
(c) "They're just jealous!"
(d) "Better still!"

2. Why doesn't Gerry Evans bring Michael a bicycle?
(a) The one he sees is for girls.
(b) The one he sees is the wrong color.
(c) The one he sees is too big.
(d) The one he sees is too small.

3. What does Chris do that Kate thinks sacrilegious?
(a) She turns the picture of the saints to the wall.
(b) She wears the surplice she's been ironing.
(c) She takes the name of the Lord in vain.
(d) She shows her legs when she dances.

4. Why does the parish priest tell Kate she may lose her teaching job?
(a) The priest says Kate is getting too old to teach.
(b) The priest says the parents object to Kate's methods.
(c) The priest says the number of students is falling.
(d) The priest says Uncle Jack is a blot on the community.

5. What does Chris hear that Gerry Evans is doing in Dublin?
(a) Teaching dance lessons.
(b) Selling encyclopedias.
(c) Selling gramophones.
(d) Teaching Bible lessons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the sisters stop dancing?

2. What does Chris want Michael to believe about his father?

3. Why does Kate object to going to the harvest dance?

4. What does Gerry Evans want Chris to do?

5. What medication does Uncle Jack take?

Short Essay Questions

1. We as readers are told that Rose is "simple." How does the playwright make that clear to the audience?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What significance does Austin Morgan have in this story?

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

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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