Dancing at Lughnasa Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Dancing at Lughnasa Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Mundy sisters name their radio?
(a) Danny.
(b) Lugh.
(c) Gerry.
(d) Marconi.

2. How does Chris heat the iron for their clothes?
(a) In the fireplace.
(b) In the stove.
(c) On the radiator.
(d) On the hearth.

3. What does Chris hear that Gerry Evans is doing in Dublin?
(a) Teaching Bible lessons.
(b) Selling encyclopedias.
(c) Teaching dance lessons.
(d) Selling gramophones.

4. To what tune do Gerry Evans and Chris dance?
(a) Pennsylvania 6-5000.
(b) String of Pearls.
(c) Dancing in the Dark.
(d) Some Enchanted Evening.

5. Why does Maggie worry when Michael can't be seen?
(a) He could go to the old well.
(b) He could go into town.
(c) He could go to the woods.
(d) He could go to the back hills.

6. How long does Gerry Evans think he's been away?
(a) A year.
(b) Eighteen months.
(c) Six months.
(d) Thirteen months.

7. How many pairs of gloves must the sisters produce this week?
(a) Six.
(b) Two dozen.
(c) One dozen.
(d) Sixty.

8. What do the characters call movies?
(a) Films.
(b) Pictures.
(c) Moving pictures.
(d) Cinema.

9. Why do the sisters stop dancing?
(a) Uncle Jack stops them.
(b) The radio quits.
(c) They are embarrassed.
(d) They are worn out.

10. What does the storekeeper say the Mundys go through faster than anyone in Ballybeg?
(a) Quinine.
(b) Chicken feed.
(c) Batteries.
(d) Corn meal.

11. What does Gerry Evans see at the Mundy house that he says is a bad omen?
(a) A vulture.
(b) A black cat.
(c) A magpie.
(d) A crow.

12. What worries Kate most about losing her job?
(a) What will become of Rose?
(b) What will become of the sisters?
(c) What will become of their reputation.
(d) What will become of Uncle Jack?

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

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

15. Why does Kate object to going to the harvest dance?
(a) People will laugh at their clothes.
(b) People will laugh at women their age dancing.
(c) People will laugh because they have no husbands.
(d) People will laugh because they are awkward dancers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Uncle Jack been when the story opens?

2. When is La Lughnasa held in the old days?

3. Who is Bernie O'Donnell?

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

5. What does Kate call vulgar language?

(see the answer keys)

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