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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To which city was the Illustrated News related?
(a) Galway.
(b) Skibberdeen.
(c) Bristol.
(d) London.

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

3. What damaged the other crop?
(a) Blight.
(b) Locusts.
(c) Boll weevils.
(d) Smut.

4. Who offered advice to prevent or cure infection?
(a) Midwives.
(b) Church.
(c) Newspaper.
(d) British government.

5. Which of the following was the topic of rumors?
(a) American relief.
(b) End of evictions.
(c) Forced emigration.
(d) Uprising.

6. Leaders of Young Ireland feared being sent to which of the following?
(a) Britain.
(b) Penal colonies.
(c) Canada.
(d) Workhouses.

7. What type of roof did most cabins have?
(a) Sod.
(b) Mud.
(c) Wood.
(d) Thatch.

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

9. What attacked the corpses out in the open?
(a) Hyenas.
(b) Cats.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Children.

10. Which of the following most embarrassed the British government?
(a) Inability to control Ireland.
(b) Number of dying emigrants.
(c) Juvenile inmates.
(d) Continued destruction of crops.

11. One man was given a two month jail sentence for damaging what item?
(a) Trees.
(b) Wheelbarrow.
(c) Walking stick.
(d) Water supply.

12. Landlords were required to pay for a tenant's stay in the workhouse for how long?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 2 years.

13. Corpses were sewn into what objects?
(a) Pouches.
(b) Flour sacks.
(c) Shrouds.
(d) Sleeping bags.

14. In what county was the town?
(a) Waterford.
(b) Dublin.
(c) Galway.
(d) Claire.

15. How many people were typically buried at one site?
(a) 75.
(b) 100.
(c) 200.
(d) 150.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the British refer to the famine?

2. In what year was the failed Irish rebellion?

3. In which month was the report released?

4. How many times had the crops failed at this point?

5. What act was passed in April 1848?

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