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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ratio represents the number of the poverty-stricken Irish?
(a) 1/4.
(b) 5/7.
(c) 1/2.
(d) 3/8.

2. What was the young man's offense?
(a) Lying.
(b) Stealing potatoes.
(c) Fishing.
(d) Poaching.

3. The crops were plagued by what?
(a) Overexposure.
(b) Poachers.
(c) Blight.
(d) Heavy rains.

4. What was not a typical cash crop for farmers?
(a) Barley.
(b) Soybeans.
(c) Wheat.
(d) Oats.

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

6. Which of the following was not listed as an occasion for farmers to travel away from the farm?
(a) Going to the market.
(b) Attending weddings.
(c) Going to the doctor.
(d) Going to mass.

7. Although the United States never officially offered aid, it did send what items?
(a) Food and livestock.
(b) Water and antibiotics.
(c) Seed potatoes and clothing.
(d) Food and clothing.

8. Which of the following was not a common ailment among the starving Irish?
(a) Diarrhea.
(b) Consumption.
(c) Malnourishment.
(d) Scurvy.

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

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

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

12. British Corn Laws established corn as what item?
(a) Protein.
(b) Vegetable.
(c) Fruit.
(d) Grain.

13. What material was used to construct the walls of the cabins?
(a) Thatch.
(b) Clay.
(c) Logs.
(d) Stone.

14. How fast did the blight travel across Ireland?
(a) 40 mph.
(b) 60 mph.
(c) 100 mph.
(d) 50 mph.

15. How long would the imported corn supply last?
(a) 10 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 3 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Nicholas Cummins?

2. What would people use to steal from farms?

3. How long would it take for the blight to destroy a potato field?

4. What/who did the workhouses support?

5. Where did many of the landlords live?

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