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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the salary Manus is offered at the new hedge school in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) 25 pounds a year.
(b) 30 pounds a year.
(c) 42 pounds a year.
(d) 50 pounds a year.

2. Where is the new national school being built in the play?
(a) Cnoc na nGabhar.
(b) Carraig an Phoill.
(c) Loch an Iubhar.
(d) Poll na gCaorach.

3. Owen says to Yolland in Act 2, Scene 1 that Manus doesn't have enough money to do what?
(a) Buy a house.
(b) Leave.
(c) Marry.
(d) Eat.

4. What does the word "verecund" mean?
(a) Boring.
(b) Intelligent.
(c) Outgoing.
(d) Humble.

5. Hugh states that the parish priest in a worthy man but barely what in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Literate.
(b) Of age.
(c) Alive.
(d) Sober.

6. What language does Maire say she knows better than English?
(a) Italian.
(b) Greek.
(c) French.
(d) Latin.

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

8. Manus asks if who is no longer coming to classes in Act 1?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Bridgett.
(c) Doalty.
(d) The Donnelly twins.

9. What does Yolland say that his father believes is just about to happen in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Irish-English War.
(b) Imperialization.
(c) The Revolution.
(d) The Apocalypse.

10. What does Sarah give to Manus in Act 1?
(a) Flowers.
(b) An apple.
(c) Pencils.
(d) Paper.

11. What is the Irish word for "black"?
(a) Dubh.
(b) Nair.
(c) Tra.
(d) Oban.

12. What is Lieutenant Yolland's first name?
(a) Andrew.
(b) George.
(c) Paul.
(d) Michael.

13. Where were the two men from who spoke to Manus in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Druim Dubh.
(b) Ca na hMair.
(c) Dubh Michol.
(d) Inis Meadhon.

14. What is Jimmy's nickname?
(a) Homer.
(b) Infant Prodigy.
(c) Old Man.
(d) Child Genius.

15. In Act 2, Scene 1, what does Yolland say he hears coming from Maire's house every night?
(a) Shouting.
(b) Crying.
(c) Music.
(d) Laughing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Poteen is a type of what?

2. Yolland claims in Act 2, Scene 1 that his father was born the very day that what fell?

3. Where does Owen say that where the priest lives, Lis na Muc, has been translated to in Act 2, Scene 1?

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

5. What is the Irish word for "beach"?

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