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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 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.

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 write to him.
(c) He asks Gar to speak to Lizzy about him.
(d) He asks Gar to look out for newspapers that may be interested in publishing his poems.

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 fishing.
(c) He has been packing flour bags.
(d) He has been visiting his friends.

4. Why does Gar say that Boyle may have been his father?
(a) Boyle loved his mother a long time back. Had they married, Boyle would have been Gar's father.
(b) Boyle is a father figure to Gar.
(c) Boyle is related to Gar.
(d) Boyle is the same age as his father.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do public and private Gar sing "Philadelpha, here I come" together after Boyle leaves, in Episode 1 (36)?

2. In the flashback with Katie, what is Katie’s concern?

3. What is Gar’s full name?

4. Who can hear private Gar?

5. What is Boyle's worry?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Master Boyle? How is he different from SB?

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

3. What is the significance of private Gar’s observation, “it’s all about to begin. It’s all over” (3)?

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

5. What is Boyle’s parting advice to Gar?

6. What is Boyle’s gift to Gar as he prepares to leave? What does he ask for?

7. Why does public Gar always assume a surly gruffness when speaking to his father?

8. Why is public Gar ecstatic in the beginning of the play?

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

10. When does Katie marry Francis? How does private Gar console public Gar?

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