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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kate call vulgar language?
(a) Back hill language.
(b) Low-class language.
(c) Savage language.
(d) Corner-boy language.

2. What is the first thing the Mundys listen to on the radio?
(a) British news.
(b) British dance music.
(c) Irish news.
(d) Irish dance music.

3. What is Kate's nickname at school?
(a) The mother hen.
(b) The goose.
(c) The gander.
(d) The turkey.

4. How does Kate think children should be named?
(a) With the names of grandparents.
(b) With the names of movie stars.
(c) With the names of Celtic gods and goddesses.
(d) With the names of Catholic saints.

5. What does Gerry Evans see on the way to the Mundy house that he thinks is a good omen?
(a) A unicorn.
(b) A leprechaun.
(c) A customer for his gramophones.
(d) A cow with one horn.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Maggie and Chris object to Rose seeing Danny Bradley?

2. What superstition does Maggie believe?

3. What gift does Danny Bradley give Rose for Christmas?

4. What does Chris do that Kate thinks sacrilegious?

5. What happens to the Sweeney boy at Lughnasa?

(see the answer key)

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