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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Boyle ask of Gar once he is in Philadelphia?
(a) He asks Gar to look for a job for him.
(b) He asks Gar to speak to Lizzy about him.
(c) He asks Gar to look out for newspapers that may be interested in publishing his poems.
(d) He asks Gar to write to him.

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

3. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. 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 asking Katie’s father.
(c) He plans on selling eggs directly from the farm.
(d) He plans on starting his own business.

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

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

14. 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 SB would not approve of her marriage to Gar.
(c) She is worried that she wont get a job.
(d) She is worried her father would not approve of her marriage to Gar.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gar’s full name?

2. Why is private Gar infuriated by SB’s routine talk about work?

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

4. How much does SB owe Gar?

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

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