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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 Chris do when Gerry Evans dances with Agnes and Maggie?
(a) Joins in the dance.
(b) Turns the radio off.
(c) Sings along with the radio.
(d) Makes up her own dance.

2. When Uncle Jack says "we," to whom does he refer?
(a) The people in the leper colony.
(b) The British.
(c) The family.
(d) The Irish.

3. Why does Michael think Agnes and Rose did not apply to work in the knitting factory?
(a) Rose and Agnes were tired of knitting gloves.
(b) Rose would not have been hired at the factory.
(c) Neither sister would have been hired at the factory.
(d) Agnes would not have been hired at the factory.

4. Which sister does Gerry Evans dance with first?
(a) Rose.
(b) Chris.
(c) Agnes.
(d) Maggie.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Gerry Evans in the tree in Act 2?

2. What does Gerry Evans say they need to check if the aerial is all right but the radio still won't work?

3. Who does Rose share her picnic with?

4. How does Maggie feel about Michael's kites?

5. In Act 2, what does Maggie think Agnes should do to make a living?

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. Why does Gerry Evans decide to go to war in a foreign country?

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

4. 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?

5. What does Uncle Jack reveal about his relationship to Okawa when he speaks about his time in Uganda?

6. Who does Maggie forget to count when she is calculating people they must feed for dinner?

7. How is the Ryangan harvest festival described by Uncle Jack similar to the festival of Lughansa?

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

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

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

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