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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Paddy Cleary move to New South Wales?
(a) Fiona's family wants her to be closer to them.
(b) Father Ralph is the best priest in that area.
(c) Mary Carson is very ill.
(d) Drogheda is promised to him upon his sister's death.

2. Who is Meggie's best friend at school?
(a) Teresa Annunzio.
(b) Mary Little.
(c) Patrick Drogheda.
(d) Luciana De Bricassart.

3. What two people or things is Ralph torn between?
(a) The Clearys and the Carsons.
(b) Being a sheep farmer or working in Wahine.
(c) Meggie and the Church.
(d) Paddy and Fiona

4. The "Thorn Birds" spans three generations of what family?
(a) Cleary.
(b) Wahine.
(c) Bricassart.
(d) Aborigine.

5. What is one thing that Fiona never does?
(a) Converts to Catholicism.
(b) Attends church on Sunday mornings.
(c) Questions Paddy's authority.
(d) Supports her children in their schooling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What occupation does the eldest Cleary son hold?

2. Which brother always seems to be Meggie's champion?

3. Where is Fiona's family from?

4. How long did it take the Cleary family to arrive in Gillanbone?

5. What is the name of the newest Cleary?

(see the answer key)

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