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

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

3. 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 decide to take the day off.
(d) They roleplay and fantasize their escape from Ireland.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does SB owe Gar?

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

3. What is SB’s question to Gar when he comes in for tea?

4. What was Gar’s and Katie’s plan?

5. What is in the suitcase Madge brings in?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Madge and how old is she?

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

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

4. What does Madge mean when she says, “A body couldn’t get a word in edge-ways with you two" (30)?

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

6. What is the effect of the imagery, “big bugger of a jet, with its snout pointing straight for the States and its tail belching smoke over Ireland" (3) ?

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

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

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

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

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