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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. Why does Michael leave the family home when he is old enough?
(a) He has to travel for an education.
(b) The spirit and fun is gone.
(c) He gets a job that takes him away.
(d) He is the last one left in the home.

2. When Uncle Jack speaks of Uganda, what does he call it?
(a) The colony.
(b) Home.
(c) The community.
(d) Africa.

3. What household task does Maggie take from Agnes during Lughnasa?
(a) Feeding the chickens.
(b) Laundry.
(c) Cleaning.
(d) Cooking.

4. What does Chris think is wrong with the radio?
(a) It's broken.
(b) It's old.
(c) It's possessed.
(d) It's improperly wired.

5. Where does the other Michael Evans live?
(a) Barcelona.
(b) Dublin.
(c) London.
(d) Wales.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children does Gerry Evans have besides Michael?

2. What does Michael say language surrenders to in music?

3. How long does it take Michael to find Agnes and Rose?

4. Why does Michael say the characters dance with their eyes half closed?

5. Why does Kate think Agnes and Rose did not apply to work in the knitting factory?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. What significance can we attach to Uncle Jack's declaration that he is cold all the time?

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

6. What is it that Kate asks Uncle Jack to promise?

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

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

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

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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