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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color are the flowers on a potato plant?

2. How much of the harvest was lost in 1846?

3. What word best describes the leaf of a potato plant?

4. Who replaced Peel as Prime Minister?

5. What was the direction of the wind during the famine's second year?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why the workhouses fell into chaos during the second year of the famine.

2. What was the emigration rate from the time of the famine onward?

3. What does the author mean when she stated "entire families disappeared?"

4. Name at least one benefit for the landlord that evicted tenants.

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

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

7. Recount the story of Bridget O'Donnel.

8. How did the British retaliate against the revolutionaries?

9. What were some of the hardships face by the emigrants?

10. According to the farmers, what was the cause of the damage to the potatoes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Detail the primary and secondary sources for Irish farmers, including how the various products were created, handled, and sold or consumed. Which source brought in the most money? Explain how a farmer might be able to recover from the famine by using other crops in the years following the famine.

Essay Topic 2

Young Ireland was a group of people rebelling against the unfairness of the British government. Explain how the group formed and when. Who was in charge? What were the group's strong points? What were the group's detriments? How might the group have been more effective?

Essay Topic 3

Examine Ireland's class system. Who belonged in each class? How was the system affected by the British? Which class would you be in? Explain the hierarchy of the government as well as social entities.

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