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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do both Shawn and Michael James claim to hear from a ditch on the side of the road that evening?
(a) A rabid dog growling.
(b) Someone groaning.
(c) Shots.
(d) A wolf howling.

2. The conflict that appears in Act II is:
(a) Christy can't decide whether he should tell Pegeen the truth.
(b) Old Mahon shows up to take Christy back home.
(c) Pegeen and the Widow Quin are fighting over Christy.
(d) Pegeen cannot decide between Shawn and Christy.

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

4. What is Christy worried about after Old Mahon leaves?
(a) What Pegeen will think of him when she hears the story.
(b) That Old Mahon will return for him.
(c) That he will be late for the games.
(d) That he will be turned in to the police.

5. Christy tells Pegeen that his father:
(a) had passed on years ago.
(b) was a God fearing man.
(c) was always cursing and assaulting people.
(d) was in an asylum.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following could be considered to have a significant impact on the characters' lives?

2. The length of time covered in Act 1 is:

3. What does Christy see out the window just as he is about to join the races?

4. Pegeen's village is located:

5. What is Christy's reaction to his father?

(see the answer key)

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