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

2. What does Ralph insist that Meggie do?
(a) Talk to Fiona about female issues.
(b) Go back to the boarding school.
(c) Ride a horse in the proper riding clothes.
(d) Try to put Hal out of her mind and go on.

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

4. What job does Paddy give Meggie?
(a) Cleaning the livestock pens.
(b) Watching Jims and Patsy.
(c) Cooking for the family.
(d) Patrolling the Home Paddock on horseback.

5. Who is the one character dissatisfied with life on the ranch?
(a) Hal.
(b) Frank.
(c) Fiona.
(d) Meggie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fiona discover while packing?

2. What does Mary Carson have difficulty keeping?

3. Why is Ralph sent to Gillanbone?

4. What is the special gift that Meggie receives for her fourth birthday?

5. Where does Ralph find Meggie at the end of Mary's birthday party?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe what happens to Hal during one of the dry winters in Chapter 6.

3. What does the family think of Paddy's disappearance?

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

5. Why is the romance between Meggie Cleary and Father Ralph ill-fated?

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

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

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

9. Describe Father Ralph's relationship with the Cleary family after Mary's death and the unveiling of her will.

10. What kind of employer is Mary Carson?

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