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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What dance do Bernie O'Donnell and Maggie compete in?
(a) The waltz.
(b) The polka.
(c) The jitterbug.
(d) The Military Two-step.

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

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

4. Which of the sisters is the most graceful dancer?
(a) Maggie.
(b) Chris.
(c) Rose.
(d) Agnes.

5. Whose arrival throws the Mundy household into turmoil?
(a) Bernie O'Donnell.
(b) Uncle Jack.
(c) Michael.
(d) Gerry Evans.

6. How does Michael scare Maggie?
(a) Michael pretends to see a mouse.
(b) Michael pretends to see a snake.
(c) Michael pretends to see a spider.
(d) Michael pretends to see a rat.

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

8. What medication does Uncle Jack take?
(a) Antibiotic.
(b) Pepto-bismol.
(c) Quinine.
(d) Benadryl.

9. What does Kate call the people who live in the back hills?
(a) Savages.
(b) Ignoramuses.
(c) Fools.
(d) Pagans.

10. From what disease does Uncle Jack suffer?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Consumption.
(c) Dengue fever.
(d) Leprosy.

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

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

13. Why does the parish priest tell Kate she may lose her teaching job?
(a) The priest says Kate is getting too old to teach.
(b) The priest says the number of students is falling.
(c) The priest says Uncle Jack is a blot on the community.
(d) The priest says the parents object to Kate's methods.

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

15. What does the Donegal Enquirer call Uncle Jack?
(a) Our own leper priest.
(b) A hero to all Ireland.
(c) A disgrace to our country.
(d) Our own traitor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kate bring Chris from town because she is "far too pale?"

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

3. What does Chris want Michael to believe about his father?

4. What does Gerry's customer take from him the day before yesterday?

5. How does Maggie think Gerry Evans looks?

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