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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Passengers were often faced with what group?
(a) Doctors.
(b) Swindlers.
(c) Immigration officers.
(d) Pirates.

3. How many people were allowed into the kitchen area at one time?
(a) 75.
(b) 60.
(c) 50.
(d) 100.

4. How much of the harvest was lost in 1846?
(a) 1/2.
(b) 1/3.
(c) 3/4.
(d) 3/5.

5. In which county was a 16 year old arrested?
(a) County Kilkenny.
(b) County Cork.
(c) County Mayo.
(d) County Waterford.

Short Answer Questions

1. Those evicting tenants often arriving carrying which item?

2. For the Irish, packing belongings was what kind of task?

3. Cummins contacted which of the following regarding the plight of the Irish?

4. What/who did the workhouses support?

5. What type of roof did most cabins have?

(see the answer key)

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