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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. Why is private Gar sceptical about public Gar's declared plans to Katie in the pub in Episode 2?
(a) Public Gar never plans well.
(b) Gar could not pass even a course in fine arts. So his ambition to study medicine or law is unrealistic.
(c) Public Gar hates medicine and law.
(d) There are no night schools in Philadlephia.

2. Who seems to be the leader of the pack of Gar's friends?
(a) Ned seems to be the leader of the group.
(b) Tom seems to be the leader of the group.
(c) Joe seems to be the leader of the group.
(d) Gar seems to be the leader of the group.

3. Who is the youngest in the group of Gar's friends?
(a) Tom is the youngest in the group.
(b) Ned is the youngest in the group.
(c) Joe is the youngest in the group.
(d) Gar is the youngest in the group.

4. What was the weather like the day Maire and SB got married?
(a) It was a bleak day.
(b) It was a sunny and windy day.
(c) It was a sunny day.
(d) It was a rainy and windy day.

5. What about leaving Ireland appeals to Gar?
(a) He wants to leave the shop.
(b) He wants to leave Katie.
(c) He wants to leave his friends.
(d) He wishes to not be answerable to anybody and to be rid of any sentimental feelings about his homeland and his past.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far is the Emperor Hotel from Aunt Lizzy's apartment?

2. Why does Ben Burton correct Aunt Lizzy?

3. What travel documents do private and public Gar check?

4. What is the significance of the day Aunt Lizzy and Uncle Conal visited Gar?

5. Why does Gar ask his father to say something in Episode 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ned give Gar as he leaves and why?

2. Who is Ben Burton?

3. What does Katie remind Gar of in Episode 2?

4. How did Ben Burton help Lizzy and Con?

5. When does Aunt Lizzy say Gar will start working and where?

6. What do Gar's friends talk about in Episode 2?

7. What does Lizzy describe in the flashback in Episode 2?

8. Who are Gar's friends?

9. What does Lizzy mean by her remark “typical Irish” (47)?

10. Why does public Gar appeal to his father, asking him to “say something” (70)?

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