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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the farmer's secondary crop?
(a) Wheat.
(b) Corn.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Barley.

2. According to some farmers, tribes of ___ must have been warring over the potatoes?
(a) Merchants.
(b) Fairies.
(c) Elves.
(d) Leprechauns.

3. What was the primary source of income for most large farms?
(a) Corn.
(b) Dairy herds.
(c) Grains.
(d) Potatoes.

4. Which of the following was not recommended for preventing disease?
(a) Bathe often.
(b) Whitewash your house.
(c) Disinfect utensils.
(d) Wear clean clothes.

5. How many acres were planted?
(a) 2 million.
(b) 150 thousand.
(c) 100 thousand.
(d) 1 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did not pay for the upkeep on the workhouses?

2. The landlord offered to send the people to which port?

3. Many farmers believed that the blight could not survive what?

4. According to the book, which of the following was not imported or exported?

5. The Irish were told to move which item away from their doors?

(see the answer key)

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