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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 Gerry Evans think Agnes should do for a living?
(a) Teach dance.
(b) Knit gloves.
(c) Cook.
(d) Be a dressmaker.

2. Why does Michael say the characters dance with their eyes half closed?
(a) The music bores them.
(b) The music makes them sleepy.
(c) To open their eyes would break the spell.
(d) Closing their eyes helps them to listen better.

3. What does Maggie think Michael should do instead of write?
(a) Study.
(b) Read.
(c) Run around outside.
(d) Fly his kites.

4. What is Michael writing to ask from Santa Claus?
(a) A radio.
(b) A bicycle.
(c) A kite.
(d) A bell.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What language does the recruiter for the Spanish army speak?

2. What is the first step in swapping possessions in Uncle Jack's village in Uganda?

3. Why does Michael say his kites haven't flown?

4. What are the hand knitters in Ballybeg going to do?

5. Why is Kate offended at Uncle Jack's talk of multiple wives?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What significance do you make of the fact that the recruiter who enlists Gerry Evans in the war effort is, unnoticed by Gerry Evans until after he is writing his name, a midget?

3. Why might Agnes have believed Rose could not get work in the factory?

4. How does the Industrial Revolution affect the lives of the Mundy sisters?

5. What has changed about Rose's appearance when she comes home from her meeting with Danny Bradley?

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

7. What is Michael writing to ask Santa Claus to bring, and why is the gift he wants significant?

8. What does Uncle Jack reveal about his ministry in Ryanga when Kate asks if the people gather together for Mass?

9. Where did Gerry Evans sign up for military service, and why is that location significant?

10. What do you make of the kites as a symbol or metaphor, and of the fact that they wouldn't fly?

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