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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Throughout the story, Old Mahon has a habit of:
(a) Getting lost.
(b) Singing.
(c) Fighting.
(d) Coming back from the dead.

2. Where is Christy in actuality while the Widow Quin is taking to Old Mahon?
(a) At church.
(b) Down below at the races.
(c) Behind the door.
(d) Under the bed.

3. How does Michael Flaherty say to Christy's request for his blessing?
(a) ""What will I tell Father Reilly?"
(b) "May God and Mary and St. Patrick bless you."
(c) "No, it wouldn't be right."
(d) "You are a pair of heathens!"

4. Shawn is mocked by Pegeen and her father because:
(a) Pegeen is smaller than him and can beat him up.
(b) He says he is God fearing when he is really just afraid.
(c) He won't go to the wake.
(d) He won't fight Christy Mahon.

5. There is a rivalry for Christy's attentions between:
(a) Pegeen and Sarah Tansey.
(b) The Widow Quin and Shaneen.
(c) Pegeen and the Widow Quin.
(d) Margaret and Shaneen.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Act II, Christy is summoned by:

2. Christy will not leave with the Widow Quin because:

3. Which of the following characters does not appear in Act 1?

4. What does the Widow Quin tell Christy to do when the crowd turns on him?

5. The term "pot-boy" refers to:

(see the answer key)

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