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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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 Catholic, the other is Protestant.
(c) One is Gar's homeland, the other is a new place.
(d) One is full of mystery, the other is not.

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

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

9. In the flashback with Katie, what are Gar’s plans for bringing in more income?
(a) He plans on asking Katie’s father.
(b) He plans on selling eggs directly from the farm.
(c) He plans on starting his own business.
(d) He plans on working twice as hard.

10. Where do the O’Donnells live?
(a) They live in Ballybeg, Ireland.
(b) They live in Wales.
(c) They live in Dublin, Ireland.
(d) They live in London, UK

11. Who is Katie?
(a) Katie is SB’s employee.
(b) Katie is Gar’s friend whom he almost married.
(c) Katie is Madge’s niece.
(d) Katie is Maire’s sister.

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

13. What is Gar’s full name?
(a) His full name is Gareth O’Connor.
(b) His full name is Garvin O’Connor.
(c) His full name is Gareth O’Donnell.
(d) His full name is Garvin O’Donnell.

14. How old is Gar?
(a) He is 19.
(b) He is 25.
(c) He is 20.
(d) He is 40.

15. 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)?
(a) Private Gar is warning public Gar against getting caught up in memories.
(b) Private Gar wishes to see the queen of France.
(c) Private Gar has studied Burke.
(d) Private Gar is fond of Burke.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is SB O'Donnell?

2. How does Madge defend SB’s silence?

3. In the flashback with Katie, why does Gar not do as he is asked by Katie?

4. What does Boyle give Gar?

5. What do private and public Gar do together after Madge leaves in Episode 1?

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