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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 language does the recruiter for the Spanish army speak?
(a) Italian, from Europe.
(b) Spanish, from Spain.
(c) Gaelic, from Ireland.
(d) English, from Armagh.

2. In Act 2, what does Maggie think Agnes should do to make a living?
(a) Go to work in the glove factory.
(b) Start a dressmaking business.
(c) Travel to Dublin and look for work.
(d) Gather turf to sell.

3. What does Rose say happened to the boy who was burned at the Lughnasa festival?
(a) He will be paralyzed.
(b) He's recovering.
(c) He died.
(d) He will be crippled.

4. Why does Rose say she has to leave the berry picking early?
(a) She says she is sleepy.
(b) She says she has an appointment.
(c) She says she has to go to town.
(d) She says she is sick.

5. Why is Kate offended at Uncle Jack's talk of multiple wives?
(a) The neighbors would not approve.
(b) Their mother would not have approved.
(c) The pope would not approve.
(d) The parish priest would not approve.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Gerry Evans hide when Agnes comes back from picking blackberries?

2. What does Uncle Jack think is good about the multiple-wife system?

3. Why can't Vera McLaughlin work in the new factory?

4. What does Maggie say she would choose if she had to select either a plump old widower or one Wild Woodbine?

5. What is the result of Gerry Evans' war injury?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Rose describe her encounter with Danny Bradley?

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

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

4. The recruiter tells Gerry Evans that he is invaluable to the brigade because he is a master at disguising himself. How does this revelation relate to the false impression he has given to Gerry Evans?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What phrase did Kate hit upon that comforted her as she tried to understand Uncle Jack's changed attitude toward life since his stay in Ryanda?

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