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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Christy see out the window just as he is about to join the races?
(a) Pegeen kissing Shawn.
(b) Old Mahon.
(c) A black cloud.
(d) The peelers.

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

4. Which of the following concepts best fit the play?
(a) Life or death situations.
(b) Love scorned.
(c) Good versus evil.
(d) Stereotyping.

5. Act II opens with Christy performing what activity?
(a) Polishing his boots.
(b) Polishing Pegeen's boots.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Answering the door to a group of young women.

6. Which of the following would not be offered in trade for a favor by the characters in the play?
(a) Dung.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Blessings.
(d) Poteen.

7. Where does the Widow Quin tell Old Mahon that Christy is?
(a) Back home to turn himself in.
(b) Gone over the hills to catch a steamer.
(c) Down to the shore to play in the games.
(d) She has never seen him.

8. What is the mood in Act II?
(a) Mysterious.
(b) Tense.
(c) Silly.
(d) Somber.

9. Christy tells Pegeen that he doesn't want to leave because:
(a) He is afraid to walk the streets alone.
(b) His blistered feet still hurt.
(c) He is afraid Shawn will hurt her.
(d) He will be lonesome without her.

10. Christy tells the girls and the Widow Quin that his father wanted him to:
(a) Plow his four acres of potatoes without a horse.
(b) Marry an old, overweight, half blind, widow of ill repute.
(c) Wed the young girl next door so that he would have a maid.
(d) Move out.

11. Pegeen's village is located:
(a) In the desert.
(b) In a valley.
(c) On the coast.
(d) In the mountains.

12. Which character in the story seems to have the most self-doubt?
(a) Christy.
(b) Old Mahon.
(c) Pegeen.
(d) Shawn.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Old Mahon describe Christy's personality?

2. Although Christy is not there when the girls enter the house, they know he has been there because they find his boots, which are:

3. When Pegeen rushes out to tend to her sheep crisis, what does Shawn offer to Christy to leave?

4. Why has Old Mahon come to Pegeen's home?

5. When Pegeen warns Christy not to tell everybody of his crime or he might have to leave, he surprises her by:

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