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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Maggie claim that Michael owes her money?
(a) She had loaned him money to make his kites.
(b) She had given him money to buy himself a treat.
(c) She had bet him his kites wouldn't fly.
(d) She had given him money to buy her a cigarette.

2. Where has Uncle Jack been when the story opens?
(a) Working for the British army in East Africa.
(b) In London.
(c) In Dublin.
(d) In a leper colony in Uganda.

3. What language has Uncle Jack been speaking for twenty-five years?
(a) Swahili.
(b) Gaelic.
(c) Ugandan.
(d) English.

4. Which of the sisters refuses to watch Chris dancing with Gerry Evans?
(a) Maggie.
(b) Kate.
(c) Agnes.
(d) Rose.

5. Who is the joker of the Mundy family?
(a) Agnes.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Rose.
(d) Kate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What feeling does the radio create in Michael?

2. What does Michael say haunts his memory of the thirties?

3. How does Jack feel about the Ballybeg climate?

4. When Uncle Jack speaks of Uganda, what does he call it?

5. How does Chris heat the iron for their clothes?

(see the answer key)

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