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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 bring Chris from town because she is "far too pale?"
(a) Cod-liver oil.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Lipstick.
(d) Quinine.
2. What is the population of Balleybeg looking forward to?
(a) The harvest potluck.
(b) The harvest picnic.
(c) The harvest dance.
(d) The harvest parade.
3. Which of the sisters dances alone?
(a) Kate.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Rose.
(d) Agnes.
4. Why is Michael disappointed in Uncle Jack?
(a) Uncle Jack shouts all the time.
(b) Uncle Jack is unkind to the family.
(c) Uncle Jack doesn't look as Michael had imagined him.
(d) Uncle Jack ignores Michael.
5. How does Gerry Evans get to Ballybeg?
(a) Gerry Evans walks.
(b) Gerry Evans buys a bicycle.
(c) Gerry Evans gets a ride from a man he meets in a bar.
(d) Gerry Evans buys a car.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Chris refuse Gerry Evans' offer?
2. What does Gerry Evans see at the Mundy house that he says is a bad omen?
3. In what year does Dancing at Lughnasa take place?
4. Who first proposes that the sisters go to the harvest dance?
5. What does Maggie call Michael?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do you think the parish priest doesn't want to look Kate in the eye since Uncle Jack came home?
2. Why does Chris call Danny Bradley a bastard?
3. What does Maggie notice about the pack of cigarettes Kate brought her, and why is it significant?
4. What significance does Austin Morgan have in this story?
5. After Agnes blows Michael a kiss, she says it was the wrong thing to do. Why would it be the wrong thing to do?
6. What is the difference between the way Kate dances and the dance of the other sisters?
7. How does Kate feel about Michael, and how can you tell?
8. What does Maggie release for Michael to see?
9. When Irish music comes from the radio, which of the sisters begins to dance first, and in what mood does she dance?
10. From what does Kate struggle to protect her home when they joke about naming the radio?
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