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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sarah enters and sees what in the end of Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Maire and Yolland laughing.
(b) Maire and Yolland talking.
(c) Maire and Yolland weeping.
(d) Maire and Yolland kissing.

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

3. Maire says in Act 2, Scene 2 that the leap across what nearly killed her?
(a) The creek.
(b) The train tracks.
(c) The river.
(d) The ditch.

4. Maire speaks in English in Act 2, Scene 2, saying, "In Norfolk we besport ourselves around the ____."
(a) River.
(b) Maypole.
(c) Convent.
(d) Pond.

5. What did the soldiers demolish while searching for Yolland in Act 3?
(a) A hayfield.
(b) The cemetery.
(c) A cornfield.
(d) The church.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who says that when his grandfather was a boy the British did the same thing in Act 3?

3. What does Maire say must be wet in Act 2, Scene 2?

4. From where is the new head master in the new school in Act 3?

5. How many more soldiers arrived an hour ago, according to Doalty in Act 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Bridget and Doalty talking about when they enter in Act 3?

2. What is happening in the opening of Act 3? Why is Manus leaving?

3. What does Maire want to happen with Yolland in the future in Act 2, Scene 2?

4. What is ironic about Maire's speaking English in Act 2, Scene 2?

5. How is Act 3 like Act 1? How is it different?

6. What happens with Sarah in Act 3 once Lancey speaks to her?

7. Describe the importance of language in Act 2, Scene 2.

8. What is the ultimate conflict in Act 2, Scene 2?

9. When Manus to tell the men from the school that he'll write and explain, what is Owen's reply?

10. What is Maire's demeanor in Act 3 when she enters? What does she ask Owen?

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