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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. 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 Catholic, the other is Protestant.
(c) One is the land of customs and conventions and the other is one of materialism.
(d) One is Gar's homeland, the other is a new place.

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

5. 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 SB would not approve of her marriage to Gar.
(c) She thinks Gar does not make enough to support both of them.
(d) She is worried that she wont get a job.

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. Who is Katie?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way are the reactions of private and public Gar different as they remember Katie?

2. How does private Gar encourage public Gar in his plans?

3. How does Madge interpret SB’s silence as his son plans to leave?

4. When does private Gar taunt public Gar with memories of Katie and why?

5. What does public Gar mean when he says “on my last day with him he got ten minutes’ overtime out of my hide” (2)?

6. Who makes the decision to tell Katie’s parents about their plan to get married? Do they tell them? Why?

7. What does private Gar suggest that Maire was unhappy about in her marriage?

8. What does the flashback that captures the night when Katie and public Gar planned their marriage reveal about Katie’s objections?

9. What is in the suitcase Madge brings in and what is its significance?

10. Who is Madge and how old is she?

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