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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. How does Madge defend SB’s silence?
(a) She points out that Gar should speak first.
(b) She says SB will speak to Gar when he pays him his wages.
(c) She says that he is too sad to speak.
(d) She says she would ask SB.

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

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

4. What is Boyle's worry?
(a) He is worried about Gar.
(b) He is worried that the priest Canon O'Bryne may sack him.
(c) He is worried his poems are not going to become famous.
(d) He misses Maire.

5. What is Master Boyle’s advice?
(a) He asks Gar to forget Ireland.
(b) He asks Gar to remember his father
(c) He asks Gar to remember his friends in Ireland.
(d) He asks Gar to return when possible.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does private Gar quote Edmund Burke’s lines, “It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the Queen of France…at Versailles” (12)?

2. What has Gar been doing all day long on his final day in Ireland?

3. What does Boyle give Gar?

4. What does public Gar mean when he says “he got ten minutes’ overtime out of my hide” (2)?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does public Gar mean when he says “on my last day with him he got ten minutes’ overtime out of my hide” (2)?

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

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

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

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