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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the sisters feel about Uncle Jack while he is in the leper colony?
(a) He is a hero and a saint to them.
(b) He is a mystery to them.
(c) He is cut off from them.
(d) He is a shame and a disgrace to them.

2. What does Michael say the characters in the play respond to more than the beat of the music?
(a) The enchantment of the music.
(b) The mood of the music.
(c) The lyrics of the music.
(d) The sweetness of the music.

3. What does the Mundy family use as fuel for the stove?
(a) Newspaper.
(b) Turf.
(c) Dung.
(d) Wood.

4. Why does Kate think Agnes and Rose did not apply to work in the knitting factory?
(a) Agnes was too notionate to work in a factory.
(b) The sisters had no transportation to the factory.
(c) The sisters could not read the instructions.
(d) The sisters were not in robust health.

5. How is Gerry Evans wounded in Spain?
(a) He is disabled by mustard gas.
(b) He is injured by a grenade.
(c) He falls off his motorbike.
(d) He is shot.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Act 2, what does Maggie think Agnes should do to make a living?

3. To what tune do Gerry Evans and Chris dance?

4. How old is Michael when this story takes place?

5. What phrase comforts Kate when she thinks of Uncle Jack's pagan worship?

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