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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Episode 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is SB O'Donnell?
(a) He is Gar's father.
(b) He is Madge's husband
(c) He is Lizzy's brother.
(d) He is Gar's uncle.

2. What were the ages of Maire and SB when they married?
(a) She was 20 and he was 40.
(b) She was 19 and he was 30.
(c) She was 19 and he was 40.
(d) She was 19 and he was 20.

3. What is Master Boyle’s advice?
(a) He asks Gar to remember his friends in Ireland.
(b) He asks Gar to forget Ireland.
(c) He asks Gar to remember his father
(d) He asks Gar to return when possible.

4. What, according to private Gar, is the difference between Ireland and the United States?
(a) One is the land of customs and conventions and the other is one of materialism.
(b) One is full of mystery, the other is not.
(c) One is Catholic, the other is Protestant.
(d) One is Gar's homeland, the other is a new place.

5. What does Boyle mean when he advises Gar to be one hundred percent American?
(a) He wants Gar to return an American.
(b) He wants Gar to learn American fads.
(c) He asks Gar to not look back at his past.
(d) He wants Gar to become an American citizen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does private Gar quote Edmund Burke’s lines, “It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the Queen of France…at Versailles” (12)?

2. What does Madge bring in from the scullery in Episode 1?

3. What is Gar’s full name?

4. Why is private Gar infuriated by SB’s routine talk about work?

5. What is in the suitcase Madge brings in?

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