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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What has Gar been doing all day long on his final day in Ireland?
(a) He has been talking to SB.
(b) He has been packing flour bags.
(c) He has been fishing.
(d) He has been visiting his friends.

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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.

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

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

12. What is Boyle's worry?
(a) He is worried about Gar.
(b) He misses Maire.
(c) He is worried his poems are not going to become famous.
(d) He is worried that the priest Canon O'Bryne may sack him.

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

14. 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 return an American.
(c) He asks Gar to not look back at his past.
(d) He wants Gar to become an American citizen.

15. How does Madge defend SB’s silence?
(a) She says SB will speak to Gar when he pays him his wages.
(b) She says that he is too sad to speak.
(c) She says she would ask SB.
(d) She points out that Gar should speak first.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Master Boyle’s advice?

2. How much does SB owe Gar?

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

4. In the flashback with Katie, what does Katie ask Gar to do?

5. What does Boyle give Gar?

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