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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is the Justice of the Peace?
(a) George McAnderson.
(b) Michael Connelly.
(c) Hugh O'Connell.
(d) George Alexander.
2. Who has Hugh spoken to in the morning in Act 1?
(a) Captain Lancey.
(b) Lieutenant Yolland.
(c) Captain Marshall.
(d) Owen.
3. Where are the living-quarters of the headmaster and his son?
(a) Upstairs.
(b) Downstairs.
(c) Across the street.
(d) Next door.
4. What does Maire's last name mean?
(a) Blonde.
(b) Curly-haired.
(c) Strong-willed.
(d) Red-haired.
5. At what pub does Sarah tell Manus that Hugh is in Act 1?
(a) Gracie's.
(b) Anna na mBreag's.
(c) McDonnelley's.
(d) Con Connie Tim's.
6. Hugh states that the parish priest in a worthy man but barely what in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Sober.
(b) Of age.
(c) Alive.
(d) Literate.
7. Where is the new national school being built in the play?
(a) Cnoc na nGabhar.
(b) Poll na gCaorach.
(c) Carraig an Phoill.
(d) Loch an Iubhar.
8. How much time has passed between Act 1 and Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Two years.
(b) A few months.
(c) A few days.
(d) Six weeks.
9. What does Sarah give to Manus in Act 1?
(a) An apple.
(b) Pencils.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Paper.
10. How many years has it been since they've had a hot summer, according to Owen in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Forty.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Twenty.
(d) A hundred.
11. In what languages is Jimmy fluent (in addition to Irish)?
(a) Greek and Spanish.
(b) Latin and Greek.
(c) Spanish and Russian.
(d) German and Latin.
12. In Act 2, Scene 1, what does Yolland say he hears coming from Maire's house every night?
(a) Shouting.
(b) Music.
(c) Laughing.
(d) Crying.
13. Where did Yolland's father get him a job?
(a) The Army.
(b) East India Company.
(c) The British Crown.
(d) The English roadworkers.
14. Who had asked Manus to write to her sister in Act 1?
(a) Biddy Hanna.
(b) Mama Donnelly.
(c) Ginny O'Flaherty.
(d) Biddy O'Shea.
15. What is the name of the group who are conducting the land surveys?
(a) The Engineers of the Crown.
(b) The Royal Engineers.
(c) The Royal Military.
(d) The Royal Land Surveyers.
Short Answer Questions
1. In what language does Hugh write poetry?
2. Owen tells Yolland in Act 2, Scene 1, "You can learn to _____ us."
3. What does Doalty say that Jimmy knows the first book of by heart in Act 1?
4. When does Maire say her passage money for America came?
5. What does Owen call his father in Act 2, Scene 1 when speaking to Yolland after his father leaves?
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