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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Master Boyle’s advice?

3. What is Madge doing when the play opens?

4. What is the significance of the item Gar finds in his suitcase?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is SB’s nightly routine? Why does private Gar mock him for it?

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

3. When does the action in the play take place?

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

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

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

7. How does Gar respond to Katie's realization the night they were planning their wedding?

8. Why does private Gar question public Gar whether the latter understands the implications of his decision to leave?

9. How realistic is private Gar’s pretense about public Gar being employed by the owner of the biggest chain of hotels?

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

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