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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first townland which will be affected by the army's procedure in Act 3?
(a) Cra na Wilheaim.
(b) Guillen.
(c) Swinefort.
(d) Baille Baeg.

2. What does Doalty tell Owen to translate for Lancey in Act 3?
(a) That the potato blight has arrived.
(b) That the camp is on fire.
(c) That the soldiers are leaving.
(d) That the church is on fire.

3. What does Yolland say he never thinks of himself as in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) An Englishman.
(b) An Irishman.
(c) A lieutenant.
(d) A soldier.

4. Who does Owen say he's going out to see in Act 3?
(a) Jimmy.
(b) Manus.
(c) Doalty.
(d) Yolland.

5. What word does Maire ask Yolland for the meaning of in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Always.
(b) Forever.
(c) Yesterday.
(d) Eternally.

6. What does Yolland say he is doing because of Maire in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Laughing.
(b) Smiling.
(c) Crying.
(d) Trembling.

7. Whose name does Sarah call out when she exits in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Owen's.
(b) Hugh's.
(c) Yolland's.
(d) Manus'.

8. What does Yolland say he's made up his mind to do in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Sail to Bombay.
(b) Leave.
(c) Stay.
(d) Tell Manus.

9. From where is the new head master in the new school in Act 3?
(a) Dublin.
(b) London.
(c) Cork.
(d) Caffrey.

10. What word does Maire say initially in English when speaking to Yolland in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) House.
(b) River.
(c) Sea.
(d) Water.

11. Who does Manus suggest Owen get to fix the banister in Act 3?
(a) Yolland.
(b) Sean O'Connell.
(c) Lancey.
(d) Big Ned Frank.

12. Manus tells Owen to let his father know that he's taking which books?
(a) Homer and Plato.
(b) Homer and Cicero.
(c) Virgil and Cicero.
(d) Virgil and Caesar.

13. In Act 3, what does Manus suggest Owen bake for his father?
(a) Lamb.
(b) Crumpets.
(c) Cookies.
(d) Soda bread.

14. Where have Hugh and Jimmy been in Act 3?
(a) A wake.
(b) A christening.
(c) A wedding.
(d) A funeral.

15. What does Maire stoop down and pick up to show Yolland in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) A leaf.
(b) Clay.
(c) A rock.
(d) A twig.

Short Answer Questions

1. Maire says to Yolland in Act 2, Scene 2, "Tu es centurio in - in - in _____ Britannico."

2. Where does Maire comment that Sarah got the dress she wore at the dance in Act 3?

3. Where does Maire comment that she hopes there's no hay to be saved in Act 3?

4. Maire tells Yolland in Act 2, Scene 2 she loves the sound of what?

5. What did the soldiers demolish while searching for Yolland in Act 3?

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