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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Yolland say reminds him of his father?
(a) Hugh.
(b) Owen.
(c) Jimmy.
(d) Lancey.

2. What is the Irish word for "river" as stated in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Bunh.
(b) Croc.
(c) Nair.
(d) Abha.

3. Who had asked Manus to write to her sister in Act 1?
(a) Biddy O'Shea.
(b) Ginny O'Flaherty.
(c) Mama Donnelly.
(d) Biddy Hanna.

4. In what languages is Jimmy fluent (in addition to Irish)?
(a) German and Latin.
(b) Spanish and Russian.
(c) Greek and Spanish.
(d) Latin and Greek.

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

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

7. Hugh notes that Owen should address himself to what regarding the poteen in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Severity.
(b) Wariness.
(c) Reluctance.
(d) Circumspection.

8. How old is Jimmy?
(a) His sixties.
(b) His thirties.
(c) His fifties.
(d) His forties.

9. Yolland asks Owen how long Manus has been what in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Lame.
(b) Intelligent.
(c) Married.
(d) Stubborn.

10. What poet does Yolland say he lived three miles from in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Wordsworth.
(b) Yeats.
(c) Shelley.
(d) Shakespeare.

11. Whose baby was christened in the morning of Act 1?
(a) Sarah O'Conner's.
(b) Nellie O'Keefe's.
(c) Nellie Ruadh's.
(d) Millie Reardon's.

12. Sarah's community considers her to be which of the following?
(a) Paralyzed.
(b) Blind.
(c) Dumb.
(d) Deaf.

13. Who does Yolland mention talking about Apollo with Manus in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Owen.
(b) Manus.
(c) Maire.
(d) Jimmy.

14. How many younger siblings does Maire have?
(a) Ten.
(b) Six.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

15. What is Maire's last name?
(a) Courtney.
(b) O'Conner.
(c) O'Donnell.
(d) Chatach.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years has it been since they've had a hot summer, according to Owen in Act 2, Scene 1?

2. Who does Manus say isn't coming to class in Act 1?

3. Which character does Hugh say is not coming back to classes because she can now write her name?

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

5. Owen says to Yolland in Act 2, Scene 1 that Manus doesn't have enough money to do what?

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