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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Gar go the night before he is to leave Ireland?

2. Why does Gar go through a series of flashbacks after Katie leaves the pub?

3. What is the name of the chapel in which Maire got married?

4. What was Con's work in his first job?

5. What is Gar's first response when Con and Lizzy invite him to Philadelphia?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Ben Burton help Lizzy and Con?

2. Why is SB not able to meet Lizzy and Con when they visit Ireland?

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

4. Why does Madge have an outburst seeing SB after Gar has left for the pub?

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

6. Who are Gar's friends?

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

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

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

10. What do public and private Gar check after Boyle leaves?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Stereotypical versions of Ireland and the U.S. are expressed by several characters, including private Gar. These result in defaming one country and having unrealistic expectations of the other. How is this explored in the play?

Essay Topic 2

Explore the theme of dream and compare it with the feeble plans Gar makes to make them come true.

Essay Topic 3

Explore the theme of escape in the play and how it applies to Gar’s wish to be away from the people in his life and his wish to leave Ireland. Take into consideration the context of Ireland in the 1960s.

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