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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is Gar's mood in the beginning of the play?
(a) He is hopeful.
(b) He is sad.
(c) He is pensive.
(d) He is ecstatic.

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

5. What does Boyle give Gar?
(a) He gives Gar some old photographs.
(b) He gives Gar a belt.
(c) He gives Gar some money.
(d) Boyle gives Gar a book of his poems.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Boyle ask of Gar once he is in Philadelphia?

2. Why do public and private Gar sing "Philadelpha, here I come" together after Boyle leaves, in Episode 1 (36)?

3. What is Gar’s full name?

4. Who are the Gallagher girls?

5. Why does Gar say that Boyle may have been his father?

(see the answer key)

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