Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850 Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

Susan Campbell Bartoletti
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 81 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850 Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

Susan Campbell Bartoletti
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 81 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In an effort to survive, some people abandoned which way of life?
(a) Nationalism.
(b) Agrarianism.
(c) Celibacy.
(d) Catholicism.

2. What group was the most helpful in supplying aid to the starving Irish?
(a) Congregationalists.
(b) Tories.
(c) Knights Templar.
(d) Quakers.

3. The Irish were told to move which item away from their doors?
(a) Rotted potatoes.
(b) Pets.
(c) Manure.
(d) Infected children.

4. How many children did the farmer have helping out in the fields?
(a) 7.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

5. Trevelyan closed the kitchens after seeing proof of which of the following?
(a) Abundant grain crops.
(b) Stabilization in the food markets.
(c) Irish selling food on the black market.
(d) Absence of blight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What system was designed to help workers earn money?

2. How many people survived the emigration?

3. Which of the following was NOT blamed for the problem?

4. What was the direction of the wind during the famine's second year?

5. How many people did a landlord evict in one night?

(see the answer key)

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