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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mary tell Ralph after she leaves her birthday party?
(a) To loan Paddy money.
(b) That he needs to be closer to the Cleary family to take care of them.
(c) That this will be her last party and she will choose her time to die.
(d) To leave the maids alone.

2. Why does Ralph ignore Meggie at Mary's birthday party?
(a) He is tired of her childish ways.
(b) Paddy asks him to.
(c) To prevent rumors of a liaison.
(d) He blames her for Hal's death.

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

4. Who dotes on Jims and Patsy?
(a) Fiona.
(b) Paddy.
(c) Father Ralph.
(d) Mrs. Smith, the housekeeper

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

6. What is Father Ralph's new role since the death of Mary Carson?
(a) He becomes a school teacher.
(b) He is a private secretary to an Archbishop in Sydney.
(c) He is Paddy's supervisor.
(d) He hires workers for Drogheda.

7. Where does Ralph find Meggie at the end of Mary's birthday party?
(a) Crying over Hal's grave.
(b) Weeping in the garden.
(c) Sitting on Mary's front porch.
(d) Sitting alone in her room at Drogheda.

8. What essential part of the house is still found outside at Drogheda?
(a) A bathtub.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) A water heater.
(d) The privy.

9. Who does Mary Carson pay tuition for to attend boarding school in Gillanbone?
(a) Fiona and Paddy.
(b) Hal and Frank.
(c) Ralph and Jack.
(d) Meggie and Stuart.

10. What event does Mary Carson plan?
(a) An outing for the entire Cleary family to Gillanbone.
(b) A party for her 72nd birthday.
(c) A vacation for herself and Ralph.
(d) A coming out party for Meggie.

11. What is the special gift that Meggie receives for her fourth birthday?
(a) A pet lamb named Bo.
(b) A trip to the candy store in Wahine.
(c) A doll that she names Agnes.
(d) A day to follow her dad on his daily chores.

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

13. Where do they bury Hal?
(a) In Gillanbone.
(b) In a tiny cemetery on Drogheda.
(c) In Wahine.
(d) In the local church cemetery.

14. Which of the following characters is not very fond of Meggie?
(a) Sister Agatha.
(b) Sister Margaret.
(c) Mrs. Carson.
(d) Miss Appleton.

15. What is Drogheda known for?
(a) A wildlife refuge.
(b) Raising more pigs than all the other ranches combined.
(c) The finest Holstein cattle in New Zealand.
(d) Being the largest sheep ranch in New South Wales.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ralph do with Mary Carson?

2. With the exception of Meggie, what is the family's attitude toward Fiona's latest pregnancy?

3. Mary Carson is jealous of which character?

4. What does Father Ralph make Fiona promise him?

5. What attacks Stuart?

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