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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Shawn reacts to Christy's employment by:
(a) Calling Christy a liar.
(b) Offering to stay with Pegeen.
(c) Threatening to kill Christy.
(d) Praying.

2. Act 1 begins with Pegeen:
(a) Giving Shawn a list of wedding supplies.
(b) Writing a list of supplies for her father's wedding.
(c) Daydreaming about her wedding.
(d) Writing a request for wedding supplies.

3. Pegeen is like her father in that they are both:
(a) Kind hearted.
(b) Sarcastic.
(c) Conniving.
(d) Short.

4. The character of Christy is portrayed as:
(a) Young and naive.
(b) A cold blooded murderer.
(c) Brave and heroic.
(d) A dunce.

5. A characteristic of Pegeen's personality that appears often is her:
(a) Kindness.
(b) Feistiness.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Devoutness.

6. Considering the Irish dialect used by the author, the term "da" means:
(a) Brother.
(b) Fiance.
(c) Father.
(d) Lame.

7. Christy Mahon's big secret is that:
(a) He killed his landlord.
(b) He killed his three wives.
(c) He is wanted for larceny and killing a soldier.
(d) He killed his father.

8. The most significant conflict at the end of Act 1 is:
(a) Michael James has had too much to drink at the wake.
(b) Pegeen is flirting with Christy when she is engaged to someone else.
(c) The Widow Quin wants to take Christy home.
(d) Christy has run away from home.

9. In Act 1, Pegeen is engaged to marry:
(a) Michael James Flaherty.
(b) Christy Mahon.
(c) No one.
(d) Shawn Keogh.

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

11. As Michael James meets and converses with Christy, he addresses him as:
(a) Stranger.
(b) Mister honey.
(c) Divil boy.
(d) Queer lad.

12. Christy is served a supper of:
(a) Bread and milk.
(b) Beer and cheese.
(c) Wine and cheese.
(d) Meat and water.

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

14. Michael offers Christy a job as:
(a) A pot boy.
(b) A pall bearer.
(c) A delivery boy.
(d) A peeler.

15. The author's dialogue and description of the night gives what impression?
(a) It is peaceful and serene.
(b) It is not safe to be out after dark.
(c) It is the most exciting time of day.
(d) It is a perfect time for visiting neighbors.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Act 1, Pegeen is complaining because:

2. A "shebeen" is a:

3. Michael James and his friends Jimmy and Philly are in a hurry to leave so that they can:

4. The term "peelers" refers to:

5. Christy responds to Pegeen with, "We're alike so" after she tells him:

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