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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Episode 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When will Gar start working at the hotel?
(a) He will start working on Tuesday, the 23rd.
(b) He will start working on Monday, the 23rd.
(c) He will start working on Monday, the 25th.
(d) He will start working on Tuesday the 25th.

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

3. 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 Gar's homeland, the other is a new place.
(d) One is Catholic, the other is Protestant.

4. What are the contents of Aunt Lizzy's letter?
(a) Aunt Lizzy says that Con will meet him at the airport.
(b) Aunt Lizzy says she and Con will meet Gar at the airport.
(c) Aunt Lizzy says that Gar will stay at the hotel.
(d) Aunt Lizzy says that Ben Burton will meet him at the airport.

5. Why does private Gar say that public Gar would make a great president of the United States?
(a) Private Gar believes Gar will be president.
(b) Private Gar thinks an Irishman should become president.
(c) Private Gar is trying to cajole pubic Gar out of his despondent mood by imagining a bright future.
(d) Private Gar does not think highly of presidents.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is Boyle's worry?

4. What does Boyle mean when he advises Gar to be one hundred percent American?

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

(see the answer key)

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