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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. How many voices take part in Ivor's choir?
(a) 300.
(b) 200.
(c) 1200.
(d) 1300.

2. Who wins the boxing match that Huw goes to watch?
(a) It was a draw.
(b) Dai.
(c) Huw.
(d) Cyfartha.

3. Who is fired after working to end the sliding pay scale?
(a) Huw.
(b) Davy.
(c) Ianto.
(d) Gwilym.

4. Who dies in Chapter 31?
(a) Ianto.
(b) Ivor.
(c) Gwilym.
(d) Huw.

5. Who is offered a home at the Tyn-y-Coed?
(a) Meillyn.
(b) Bronwen.
(c) Ceinwen.
(d) Huw.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose sister is Blodwyn?

2. Who presses charges against Huw for assault and battery?

3. Whose ribs does Huw break in Chapter 34?

4. Who does Huw go to the mountain with in Chapter 26?

5. Who got fired for starting a union in London?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do the Morgan boys move to in Chapter 39?

2. Why is Gruffydd a broken man in Chapter 36?

3. How does the novel reflect the interwoven quality of family?

4. Why doesn't Bronwen remarry?

5. Why are Olwen and Bronwen threatened by striking workers in Chapter 40?

6. Why does a mob form outside of Hamlet?

7. Why is Huw expelled from school?

8. How does Huw react to witnessing his first prizefight?

9. Describe the incident and aftermath of the beating of Evan John.

10. How does Gwilym react to Beth's absence when she goes to London to visit her kids?

(see the answer keys)

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