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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ralph do with Mary Carson?
(a) Flirts with her to bring in more money for the Church.
(b) Asks her to be like a mother to him.
(c) Promises that he will work the ranch with Paddy.
(d) Promises that he will move to Italy with her.

2. What does Fiona's father give Paddy?
(a) A share in the family farm.
(b) A herd of sheep.
(c) Money to buy a farm.
(d) A new car.

3. What is Paddy's occupation when he and his family leave New Zealand?
(a) Blacksmith.
(b) Farmer and sometime sheep shearer.
(c) School teacher.
(d) Boxer.

4. What does the Cleary family do every Sunday?
(a) Go to the movies.
(b) Hold a family meeting with their relatives.
(c) Go to mass.
(d) Eat at the local church dinner.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Paddy's job?

2. Where will Jims and Patsy go with the inheritance from Mary Carson?

3. What event draws the Cleary family closer?

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

5. Which character's workload increases significantly with the move to New South Wales?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what happens to Paddy when he goes to round up sheep during a storm.

2. Describe what Meggie wears to Mary Carson's birthday party.

3. What happens to Stuart during the search for Paddy?

4. What does Paddy tell Father Ralph about his past with Fiona?

5. What is life like for Fiona at Drogheda?

6. What is Father Ralph's visit to Drogheda like?

7. Why does Mary Carson find it more advantageous to remain a widow and not remarry?

8. How does Father Ralph act more like a private citizen than a representative of the church?

9. What are the negative aspects for Meggie of living a clannish existence on their farm?

10. Why do the Clearys decide to move to Drogheda?

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