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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. Who is Katie?
(a) Katie is Madge’s niece.
(b) Katie is SB’s employee.
(c) Katie is Maire’s sister.
(d) Katie is Gar’s friend whom he almost married.

2. Why did Gar not go to college?
(a) He wanted to start his own business.
(b) Gar felt a life of a student was not for him.
(c) He wanted to become a priest.
(d) Gar wanted to travel.

3. Who are the Gallagher girls?
(a) They are Madge and her niece.
(b) They are Maire, Lizzy, Una, Agnes and Rose.
(c) They are Katie and her sister.
(d) They are Lizzy and Maire.

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 fishing.
(c) He has been talking to SB.
(d) He has been visiting his friends.

5. What was Gar’s and Katie’s plan?
(a) They planned to get SB to support their decision.
(b) They planned to elope together.
(c) They planned to get married at once.
(d) They planned to get engaged at Christmas and marry at Easter.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What, according to private Gar, is the difference between Ireland and the United States?

4. In the flashback with Katie, what are Gar’s plans for bringing in more income?

5. What is Gar’s full name?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Madge and how old is she?

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

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

4. How does private Gar try to bring out the difference between public Gar and SB?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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