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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who had the highest status at the time?
(a) Merchants.
(b) Large farmers.
(c) Landlords.
(d) Laborers.

3. What type of food was stolen from an untended pot?
(a) Rabbit.
(b) Mutton.
(c) Cabbage.
(d) Potatoes.

4. Most of Ireland's economy was based on what?
(a) Fishing.
(b) Breweries.
(c) Tourism.
(d) Agriculture.

5. Which government program/act was terminated?
(a) Public Works Administration.
(b) Department of Welfare.
(c) Penal Laws.
(d) Corn Laws.

Short Answer Questions

1. In an effort to survive, some people abandoned which way of life?

2. The Prime Minister set up what kind of committee as a result of the famine?

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

4. How often did farmers pay the rent?

5. Where was the crop stored?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the basics of the population in Ireland and how they lived.

2. What was the Rate-in-Aid Act and when was it passed by Parliament?

3. Why was Peel secretive about his plan to import the corn?

4. What were the weather conditions like in the spring?

5. What was one of the most difficult decisions facing the laborers' families?

6. What was the proclamation made by the traveling priest?

7. Given an example of the lengths the Irish were willing to go to feed their families.

8. What was the Galway Act?

9. Name some of the things the emigrants took with them to America.

10. What was the basic form of the educational system for the farmers' children?

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