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

2. In the flashback with Katie, what is Katie’s concern?
(a) She is worried SB would not approve of her marriage to Gar.
(b) She thinks Gar does not make enough to support both of them.
(c) She is worried that she wont get a job.
(d) She is worried her father would not approve of her marriage to Gar.

3. What does Boyle mean when he advises Gar to be one hundred percent American?
(a) He wants Gar to return an American.
(b) He wants Gar to learn American fads.
(c) He wants Gar to become an American citizen.
(d) He asks Gar to not look back at his past.

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

5. In the flashback with Katie, why does Gar not do as he is asked by Katie?
(a) He is afraid.
(b) He wants to speak with SB first.
(c) He believes that Katie’s marriage to Francis is fixed.
(d) He changes his mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the ages of Maire and SB when they married?

2. What is Gar's mood in the beginning of the play?

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

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

5. Why did Gar not go to college?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the age difference between Gar’s mother and father?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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