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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Madge bring in from the scullery in Episode 1?
(a) She brings some cooking pans.
(b) She brings some photos.
(c) She brings in an old suitcase.
(d) She brings some books.

4. 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 cleaning Gar's shirts.
(d) She is talking to SB.

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

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

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

8. Who can hear private Gar?
(a) Madge and SB can hear him.
(b) Public Gar can hear him.
(c) Madge can hear him.
(d) SB can hear him.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is Master Boyle’s advice?

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