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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) 30 pounds a year.
(b) 42 pounds a year.
(c) 25 pounds a year.
(d) 50 pounds a year.

2. 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 book.
(d) The map.

3. Who is teaching Sarah to speak at the beginning of Act 1?
(a) Hugh.
(b) Manus.
(c) Owen.
(d) Yolland.

4. How much time has passed between Act 1 and Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) A few months.
(b) Two years.
(c) Six weeks.
(d) A few days.

5. Where does Owen say that where the priest lives, Lis na Muc, has been translated to in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Cliff of Liston.
(b) Swinefort.
(c) Green Hill.
(d) Bowling Green.

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

7. Owen tells Yolland that his father always speaks of "an expedito" with how many points in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

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

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

10. Where is the hedge-school held?
(a) A barn.
(b) A courthouse.
(c) A schoolhouse.
(d) A church.

11. Who does Owen say are the best fishermen out there?
(a) The O'Flaherty's.
(b) The Irish.
(c) The Donnelly twins.
(d) The O'Conners.

12. What does Maire's last name mean?
(a) Strong-willed.
(b) Curly-haired.
(c) Blonde.
(d) Red-haired.

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

14. Yolland states in Act 2, Scene 1 that "Your Irish air has made me" what?
(a) Strong.
(b) Drunk.
(c) Elated.
(d) Bold.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Doalty, there are two men up the road looking for whom in Act 2, Scene 1?

2. Who had asked Manus to write to her sister in Act 1?

3. What is the Irish word for "river" as stated in Act 2, Scene 1?

4. In what languages is Jimmy fluent (in addition to Irish)?

5. Where did Yolland's father get him a job?

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