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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do private and public Gar do together after Madge leaves in Episode 1?
(a) They roleplay and fantasize their escape from Ireland.
(b) They get into a fight.
(c) They decide to take the day off.
(d) They discuss SB.

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

4. In the flashback with Katie, what is Katie’s concern?
(a) She thinks Gar does not make enough to support both of them.
(b) She is worried that she wont get a job.
(c) She is worried SB would not approve of her marriage to Gar.
(d) She is worried her father would not approve of her marriage to Gar.

5. What was Gar’s and Katie’s plan?
(a) They planned to get SB to support their decision.
(b) They planned to get engaged at Christmas and marry at Easter.
(c) They planned to elope together.
(d) They planned to get married at once.

6. In the flashback with Katie, why does Gar not do as he is asked by Katie?
(a) He believes that Katie’s marriage to Francis is fixed.
(b) He changes his mind.
(c) He is afraid.
(d) He wants to speak with SB first.

7. Why do public and private Gar sing "Philadelpha, here I come" together after Boyle leaves, in Episode 1 (36)?
(a) It is almost time for the flight when Boyle leaves.
(b) Boyle wants to hear the song.
(c) 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.
(d) SB tries to stop Gar from leaving.

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

9. 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.

10. What, according to private Gar, is the difference between Ireland and the United States?
(a) One is Catholic, the other is Protestant.
(b) One is Gar's homeland, the other is a new place.
(c) One is the land of customs and conventions and the other is one of materialism.
(d) One is full of mystery, the other is not.

11. Who is SB O'Donnell?
(a) He is Lizzy's brother.
(b) He is Madge's husband
(c) He is Gar's father.
(d) He is Gar's uncle.

12. Why does Gar say that Boyle may have been his father?
(a) Boyle is a father figure to Gar.
(b) Boyle is related to Gar.
(c) Boyle loved his mother a long time back. Had they married, Boyle would have been Gar's father.
(d) Boyle is the same age as his father.

13. What is the significance of the item Gar finds in his suitcase?
(a) It was printed on the day SB and Maire got married.
(b) It has news about Ireland.
(c) It carries news about SB.
(d) It has news about Maire.

14. Why does Boyle ask Gar for money?
(a) Canon does not pay him his salary.
(b) Gar owes him money.
(c) Boyle is an alcoholic and needs money constantly.
(d) He is planning to travel as well.

15. What is Madge doing when the play opens?
(a) She is visiting her niece.
(b) She is laying the table for tea.
(c) She is talking to SB.
(d) She is cleaning Gar's shirts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gar’s full name?

2. Who are the Gallagher girls?

3. How much does SB owe Gar?

4. What has Gar been doing all day long on his final day in Ireland?

5. What happy news does Madge share with Gar in Episode 1?

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