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

2. How many pairs of gloves must the sisters produce this week?
(a) One dozen.
(b) Six.
(c) Sixty.
(d) Two dozen.

3. What do the back hills people do to celebrate Lughnasa?
(a) Drive their cattle through a bonfire.
(b) Burn the British in effigy in a bonfire.
(c) Cook around a bonfire.
(d) Run through a bonfire.

4. What is Kate's nickname at school?
(a) The turkey.
(b) The mother hen.
(c) The goose.
(d) The gander.

5. What gift does Danny Bradley give Rose for Christmas?
(a) A silver rose.
(b) A live fish.
(c) A silver fish.
(d) A live rose.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Maggie worry when Michael can't be seen?

2. What does Danny Bradley call Rose?

3. Which of the sisters dances alone?

4. Why does Kate ask God to forgive her?

5. Why does Rose dance in wellingtons?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why do you think Rose can describe the Festival of Lughnasa to her sisters?

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

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

8. What does Maggie recollect about Bernie?

9. What does Chris wear during the sisters' dancing that upsets Kate?

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

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