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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the Gallagher girls?
(a) They are Maire, Lizzy, Una, Agnes and Rose.
(b) They are Katie and her sister.
(c) They are Madge and her niece.
(d) They are Lizzy and Maire.

2. What happy news does Madge share with Gar in Episode 1?
(a) She has been given a raise.
(b) She is changing jobs.
(c) SB has decided to reduce her work.
(d) Her niece has given birth to a girl.

3. What is in the suitcase Madge brings in?
(a) There is a photo in the suitcase.
(b) There is an old coat in the suitcase.
(c) There is a book in the suitcase.
(d) There is an old newspaper in the suitcase.

4. In the flashback with Katie, what does Katie ask Gar to do?
(a) She asks him to meet Francis King.
(b) She asks him to speak to SB about their plans.
(c) She asks him to get her parents’ permission to marry the next week.
(d) She asks him to make arrangements for their wedding.

5. What is SB’s question to Gar when he comes in for tea?
(a) He asks where Madge was.
(b) He asks how many coils of barbed wire had come in the mail van.
(c) He asks how much Gar has to be paid.
(d) He asks if Gar wants to change his plans.

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 public Gar mean when he says “he got ten minutes’ overtime out of my hide” (2)?

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

4. What is Gar’s full name?

5. Who is Katie?

(see the answer key)

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