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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do public and private Gar sing "Philadelpha, here I come" together after Boyle leaves, in Episode 1 (36)?
(a) Boyle wants to hear the song.
(b) Public Gar is caught up in emotions as Boyle leaves and as he remembers Katie. Private Gar makes him focus on the future by singing together.
(c) It is almost time for the flight when Boyle leaves.
(d) SB tries to stop Gar from leaving.

2. 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 wants Gar to become an American citizen.
(d) He asks Gar to not look back at his past.

3. What has Gar been doing all day long on his final day in Ireland?
(a) He has been visiting his friends.
(b) He has been packing flour bags.
(c) He has been fishing.
(d) He has been talking to SB.

4. Why did Gar not go to college?
(a) He wanted to start his own business.
(b) Gar felt a life of a student was not for him.
(c) He wanted to become a priest.
(d) Gar wanted to travel.

5. Why is private Gar infuriated by SB’s routine talk about work?
(a) SB pays him less than due.
(b) SB asks him not to go.
(c) Gar is leaving the next morning, yet SB has nothing to say about it.
(d) SB does not pay him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the ages of Maire and SB when they married?

2. What does Boyle give Gar?

3. Who can hear private Gar?

4. In the flashback with Katie, what does Katie ask Gar to do?

5. In the flashback with Katie, what is Katie’s concern?

(see the answer key)

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