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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Pegeen warns Christy not to tell everybody of his crime or he might have to leave, he surprises her by:
(a) Fainting.
(b) Telling her she is worrying needlessly.
(c) Saying that he made it all up.
(d) Speaking to her romantically.

2. Which character in the story seems to have the most self-doubt?
(a) Pegeen.
(b) Shawn.
(c) Old Mahon.
(d) Christy.

3. Pegeen punishes Christy for being friendly to the girls by:
(a) Not speaking to him.
(b) Making him scrub the dishes.
(c) Banishing him from her home.
(d) Telling the details of the hanging of a man who killed his da.

4. Shawn Keogh's nickname is:
(a) Red.
(b) Sheamus.
(c) Shaneen.
(d) Christy.

5. Which of the following could be considered to have a significant impact on the characters' lives?
(a) Religion.
(b) Children.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Education.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is poteen?

2. What is Pegeen's reaction when she enters her home to find the village girls toasting Christy and the Widow Quin?

3. When Pegeen says to Shawn, "Go on, then, to Father Reilly, and let him put you in the holy brotherhoods, and leave that lad to me," what emotion is she displaying?

4. Pegeen's formal name is:

5. What do both Shawn and Michael James claim to hear from a ditch on the side of the road that evening?

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