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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following is not listed as a forgotten tradition?
(a) Welcoming strangers.
(b) Burials.
(c) Wakes.
(d) Sunday meals.

3. When did the Illustrated News report on the famine?
(a) 1847.
(b) 1846.
(c) 1849.
(d) 1848.

4. When did Ireland gain independence from Britain?
(a) 1864.
(b) 1916.
(c) 1908.
(d) 1921.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What other crop was destroyed?

2. What was used to deter the smell of death?

3. Landlords were required to pay for a tenant's stay in the workhouse for how long?

4. When did the leaders arrive in the city?

5. How were some landlords punished?

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