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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job would be likely for one of the workers?
(a) Crushing stone.
(b) Teaching day school.
(c) Burning ruined crops.
(d) Building bridges.

2. What is "auld sod?"
(a) Dirt.
(b) A saved soul.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Dog.

3. The author revisits which character from a previous chapter?
(a) John Russell.
(b) Diarmuid O'Donovan Rossa.
(c) Tom Flynn.
(d) Bridget O'Donnel.

4. What was known to spread quickly on the ships?
(a) Fever.
(b) Lice.
(c) Diarrhea.
(d) Gossip.

5. How many passengers were allowed aboard compared to the five ton limit according to the Americans?
(a) 7.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. The blight was wrongly considered to be a type of:

2. The imported corn could feed how many people?

3. What happened to the man that stole the food?

4. How were the quarantined family members transported?

5. Trevelyan closed the kitchens after seeing proof of which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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