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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 do the people of Ballylbeg plan for Jack?
(a) A birthday party.
(b) A bonfire.
(c) A fundraiser.
(d) A public welcome.
2. What do the back hills people do to celebrate Lughnasa?
(a) Cook around a bonfire.
(b) Drive their cattle through a bonfire.
(c) Burn the British in effigy in a bonfire.
(d) Run through a bonfire.
3. What does Kate say is the only thing Gerry Evans does well?
(a) Dance.
(b) Sell merchandise.
(c) Sing.
(d) Sell himself.
4. What does Maggie admire about Brian McGuinness?
(a) His military bearing.
(b) His straight nose and muscular shoulders.
(c) His blue eyes and curly hair.
(d) His white hands and long eyelashes.
5. How old is Michael when this story takes place?
(a) Seven.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Four.
(d) Ten.
Short Answer Questions
1. What animals does Maggie feed?
2. What is Kate determined to do this winter?
3. Which of the sisters refuses to watch Chris dancing with Gerry Evans?
4. Who first proposes that the sisters go to the harvest dance?
5. How do the sisters feel about Uncle Jack while he is in the leper colony?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Kate become angry when Rose repeats the idea that twins are a double blessing?
2. How does Kate explain Uncle Jack's strange behavior?
3. What does Maggie release for Michael to see?
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 mean when she tells Michael that someday he's going to fill some woman's life with happiness?
6. Why do you think the parish priest doesn't want to look Kate in the eye since Uncle Jack came home?
7. What does Maggie notice about the pack of cigarettes Kate brought her, and why is it significant?
8. How has Uncle Jack brought status to the Mundy family?
9. After Agnes blows Michael a kiss, she says it was the wrong thing to do. Why would it be the wrong thing to do?
10. What is significant about the names Nora and Nina that Bernie O'Donnell gave to her twin daughters?
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