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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what town does Translations take place?
(a) Mullach.
(b) Bun na hAbhann.
(c) Cnoc na nGahar.
(d) Beale Beag.

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

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

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

5. Who is Jimmy reading in Act 1?
(a) Eucletes.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Cicero.
(d) Homer.

6. What is Jimmy's full name?
(a) Jimmy Jack Cassie.
(b) Jimmy Jack O'Flaherty.
(c) Jimmy Jack Cork.
(d) Jimmy Jack O'Neill.

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

8. 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) A hundred.
(d) Twenty.

9. 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.

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

11. What is the big machine the British soldiers take everywhere with them?
(a) Projector.
(b) Intrerjector.
(c) Thondosite.
(d) Theodolite.

12. What name does Yolland mistakenly call Owen for much of the play?
(a) Orrin.
(b) Orlon.
(c) Yolland.
(d) Roland.

13. How much money does Hugh ask Owen to borrow in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Sixpense.
(b) Half a crown.
(c) One crown.
(d) Three pence.

14. Who does Manus say isn't coming to class in Act 1?
(a) Maire.
(b) Owen.
(c) Sean Beag.
(d) Doalty.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much time has passed between Act 1 and Act 2, Scene 1?

2. Where are the living-quarters of the headmaster and his son?

3. Hugh states that the parish priest in a worthy man but barely what in Act 2, Scene 1?

4. What is the term which refers to the action of changing the names from Irish to English?

5. In Act 1, Jimmy ask Manus who he would choose between whose three daughters?

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