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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Manus paid for his books with the money he got from selling what?
(a) His suitcase.
(b) A lamb.
(c) His chickens.
(d) A cow.

2. Whose boat does Doalty tell Owen he saw at port last night in Act 3?
(a) The Donnelly's.
(b) Manus'.
(c) The O'Donnell boys'.
(d) Sean O'Casey's.

3. Maire tells Yolland she sees himself washing every day in front of what?
(a) The castle.
(b) The fields.
(c) Her house.
(d) His tent.

4. What does Owen say that The Murren is named after in Act 3?
(a) Saint Murren.
(b) Saint Mary.
(c) Saint Muranus.
(d) Saint Murray.

5. 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 church is on fire.
(d) That the soldiers are leaving.

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

7. Where does Manus tell Owen his father's clean socks are in Act 3?
(a) The butter box.
(b) In the drawer.
(c) On his nightstand.
(d) Under the dresser.

8. Where does Sarah say she lives in Act 3?
(a) Cra na hMarhan.
(b) Baille Baeg.
(c) Bun na hAbhann.
(d) Druim Dubh.

9. Who has been appointed head master at the new school in Act 3?
(a) Michael Flannery.
(b) Randolph O'Casey.
(c) Hugh O'Michaels.
(d) Bartley Timlin.

10. What did Jimmy shout at the soldiers outside the pub in Act 3?
(a) Trojans.
(b) Visigoths.
(c) Thermopylae.
(d) Heathens.

11. What did Hugh call the soldiers outside the pub in Act 3?
(a) Inhuman.
(b) Visigoths.
(c) Monsters.
(d) Heathens.

12. What word did Yolland make fun of Maire for mispronouncing in Act 3?
(a) Around.
(b) Maypole.
(c) Norwich.
(d) Norfolk.

13. Who does Manus say never returned the dictionary in Act 3?
(a) The Donnelly Twins.
(b) Nora Dan.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Maire.

14. Yolland tells Maire that he spends his days either thinking of her or what in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Looking at the ocean.
(b) Looking at her house.
(c) Looking at her fields.
(d) Wishing to be with her.

15. What does Manus say he had in his hand when he went looking for Yolland in Act 3?
(a) A gun.
(b) A stone.
(c) A stick.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the music from the dance replaced with as Maire and Yolland enter in Act 2, Scene 2?

2. Who came out of his house in his underwear shouting at the soldiers, "You hoors you!" in Act 3?

3. What does Lancey say the army will do is Yolland is not found within 48 hours?

4. In Act 3, from where are the men to whom Manus tells Owen that he'll write as soon as he can in Act 3?

5. What does Hugh tell Maire he will teach her in the end of the play?

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