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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Shawn will not stay the night because:
(a) He is afraid of the peelers.
(b) He is afraid of Father Reilly.
(c) He is afraid of the person wailing in the ditch.
(d) He wants to attend the wake.

2. A second rivalry in act one involves:
(a) The Widow Quin and Shawn Keogh.
(b) Christy Mahon and Shawn Keogh.
(c) The Old Mahon and Christy Mahon.
(d) Shawn Keogh and Michael James.

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

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

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

6. Christy has not been caught for the murder so far because:
(a) Someone else was charged with the murder.
(b) Murder is not considered a crime is his village.
(c) A storm destroyed the victim's home.
(d) He buried the victim.

7. When Pegeen and the men hear Christy's secret, they are:
(a) Afraid.
(b) Disgusted.
(c) Amused.
(d) Impressed.

8. 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?
(a) Bravery.
(b) Anger.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Joy.

9. The Widow Quin tells Christy that Pegeen is:
(a) Not a christian.
(b) Rude.
(c) Engaged to be married.
(d) A Widow herself.

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

11. When the characters use the term "himself" they are referring to:
(a) God.
(b) A widow's dead husband.
(c) The master of the house.
(d) He.

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

13. Which of the following characters does not appear in Act 1?
(a) Jimmy Farrell
(b) Old Mahon
(c) Margaret Flaherty
(d) Philly Cullen

14. The responsibility of barkeep in Michael James' establishment falls to:
(a) Shawn
(b) His wife.
(c) Pegeen
(d) Michael James

15. At the beginning of Act 1, Pegeen is complaining because:
(a) She doesn't want to be alone in the house overnight.
(b) She is getting too old to find a husband.
(c) Her father is drunk.
(d) Shawn won't remove his boots.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of Christy favorite pastimes after working hard all day on the farm is:

2. Pegeen imagines that Christy must have the temperament of:

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

4. A "shebeen" is a:

5. Pegeen is referred to as "Pegeen Mike" in the story because:

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