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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why has Old Mahon come to Pegeen's home?
(a) To find a wife.
(b) To apologize.
(c) To attend Pegeen's wedding.
(d) To beat his son and bring him home.

2. What happens each time Christy tells his story?
(a) He cries.
(b) He adds more lies to it.
(c) It becomes more dramatic.
(d) Another village member wants to marry him.

3. What is poteen?
(a) Illicit whiskey.
(b) Potato stew.
(c) Rancid wine.
(d) Potato alcohol.

4. Although Christy is not there when the girls enter the house, they know he has been there because they find his boots, which are:
(a) Falling apart.
(b) Covered in mud, turf and sea sand.
(c) Polished.
(d) Still warm.

5. Which character comes up with the idea of entering Christy into the races and games?
(a) Shawn Keogh
(b) Sara Tansey.
(c) The Widow Quin.
(d) Pegeen.

6. What is Pegeen's reaction when she enters her home to find the village girls toasting Christy and the Widow Quin?
(a) She chases them out with a broom.
(b) She tries to get them to take Christy with them.
(c) She is not pleased.
(d) She is thankful for their help.

7. What does the Widow Quin suggest that Old Mahon do?
(a) Stay and rest for a few days.
(b) Pray for him.
(c) Marry her.
(d) Follow Christy quickly before the tide comes in.

8. The character who is most unbending about his or her religious beliefs is:
(a) Michael Flaherty.
(b) Pegeen.
(c) Christy.
(d) Shawn.

9. When the village girls arrive, they interrupt Christy as he is:
(a) Trying to escape.
(b) Admiring himself in a mirror.
(c) Snooping.
(d) Sleeping.

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

11. How does Old Mahon describe Christy's personality?
(a) Studious.
(b) Foolish and timid.
(c) Hot tempered.
(d) Sensible.

12. What is the most significant plot change in Act II?
(a) The appearance of Old Mahon.
(b) Christy is arrested.
(c) Christy receives a new coat from Shawn.
(d) The Widow Quin helping Shawn.

13. When Christy and Pegeen talk about what their life might be like together, they are:
(a) Preparing to run away together.
(b) Realistic.
(c) Cautious.
(d) Fantasizing.

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

15. What does the mirror at the beginning of the scene symbolize?
(a) Christy's reflective personality.
(b) Christy's habit of always looking back.
(c) Christy's two-faced personality.
(d) Christy's vanity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the girls from the village want from Christy?

2. During the girls' discussion of the boots, Sara Tansey:

3. Which character tells the village girls about Christy and sends them to meet him?

4. Which character can be described as a character foil for Pegeen?

5. Which of the following concepts best fit the play?

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