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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act Three.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maire remark about Yolland's arms in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) They are long and thin.
(b) They are stong and lean.
(c) They are muscular.
(d) They are dark.

2. Who does Maire say will wonder where she's got to in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Her father.
(b) Michael.
(c) Hugh.
(d) Manus.

3. What does Maire stoop down and pick up to show Yolland in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) A leaf.
(b) A twig.
(c) Clay.
(d) A rock.

4. What does Manus tell Owen he should hide before their father comes downstairs in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) The wine.
(b) The bottle.
(c) The map.
(d) The book.

5. What does Hugh send Manus out to get for him at his arrival in Act 1?
(a) Milk.
(b) Tea.
(c) Poteen.
(d) Water.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much time has passed between Act 1 and Act 2, Scene 1?

2. Where were the two men from who spoke to Manus in Act 2, Scene 1?

3. What does Doalty say that Jimmy knows the first book of by heart in Act 1?

4. Where does Maire comment that she hopes there's no hay to be saved in Act 3?

5. Hugh notes that Owen should address himself to what regarding the poteen in Act 2, Scene 1?

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