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

2. What is going mad from the heat in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) The chickens.
(b) The sheep.
(c) The cattle.
(d) The shepherds.

3. Maire's aunt who taught her the one line of English she knows?
(a) Nellie.
(b) Mary.
(c) Gilliam.
(d) Sarah.

4. What did Jimmy shout at the soldiers outside the pub in Act 3?
(a) Thermopylae.
(b) Trojans.
(c) Visigoths.
(d) Heathens.

5. What is the foreboding sweet smell an indication of in Act 1?
(a) The coming troops.
(b) Potato famine.
(c) Fire in the woods.
(d) War signals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Irish word for "black"?

2. Where does Manus say he is going in Act 3?

3. Maire says in Act 2, Scene 2 that the skin on Yolland's shoulders is very what?

4. What was Hugh's wife's name?

5. When does Maire say her passage money for America came?

(see the answer key)

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