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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 work do Rose and Agnes do after they leave Ballybeg?
(a) Rose and Agnes work as cleaning women.
(b) Rose and Agnes start a laundry service.
(c) Rose and Agnes never find work.
(d) Rose and Agnes knit for private companies.

2. How many children does Gerry Evans have besides Michael?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

3. How many husbands does Uncle Jack say he could provide the sisters in Ryanga?
(a) One husband for all five of them.
(b) More than one husband for each of them.
(c) One husband for four of them.
(d) One husband for each of them.

4. When does Uncle Jack return to celebrating Mass?
(a) The following Monday, as he promised.
(b) On Christmas Eve.
(c) The following Sunday, as he promised.
(d) Never.

5. How does Uncle Jack feel about multiple wives for one husband?
(a) "I'm completely in favor of it."
(b) "I'm getting used to it."
(c) "I'm not sure that I'm against it."
(d) "I'm completely against it."

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Maggie claim that Michael owes her money?

2. What does Michael say the characters in the play respond to more than the beat of the music?

3. What household task does Maggie take from Agnes during Lughnasa?

4. Why does Rose say she has to leave the berry picking early?

5. What has Michael painted on the kites?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Uncle Jack hears wedding bells, he asks if it is one of his sisters who is getting married. Who is actually marrying?

2. How does Maggie make a joke of the small amount of food they have?

3. What does Uncle Jack reveal about his ministry in Ryanga when Maggie asks if the people there gathered in his church for ceremonies?

4. What has Rose forgotten when she comes home from her meeting with Danny Bradley?

5. Maggie asks Michael a riddle about the apples on a tree. What might those apples symbolize?

6. Which of the sisters understands the politics of the Spanish Civil War?

7. How does Uncle Jack reveal that the Ryangans have not been converted to Christianity by his efforts?

8. What does it tell you about Gerry Evans that he says he will check the ignition and sparking plugs of the radio?

9. How does Rose trick Agnes and get away from her?

10. What news does Rose bring her family about the boy who was burned during the Lughnasa fires?

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