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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Gerry Evans going?
(a) To Spain.
(b) To France.
(c) To Italy.
(d) To England.

2. Who first proposes that the sisters go to the harvest dance?
(a) Maggie.
(b) Kate.
(c) Agnes.
(d) Rose.

3. What infuriates Agnes about Kate?
(a) Kate doesn't care about Michael.
(b) Kate is a gossip.
(c) Kate judges Gerry Evans.
(d) Kate doesn't care about Chris's feelings.

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

5. What animals does Maggie feed?
(a) Geese.
(b) Hens.
(c) Pigs.
(d) Ducks.

6. Who is Bernie O'Donnell?
(a) An old friend of Maggie's.
(b) An old friend of Kate's.
(c) An old friend of Rose's.
(d) An old friend of Agnes's.

7. How does Kate identify Gerry Evans?
(a) Gerry Evans carries a suitcase of goods to sell.
(b) Gerry Evans has a walking stick and a straw hat.
(c) Gerry Evans is tall and handsome.
(d) Gerry Evans is riding a bicycle.

8. How does Jack feel about the Ballybeg climate?
(a) It's perfect.
(b) It's hot.
(c) It's cold.
(d) It's a relief.

9. What is the name of the village where the Mundys live?
(a) Ryanga.
(b) Ballybeg.
(c) Donegal.
(d) Abyssinia.

10. What does Gerry's customer take from him the day before yesterday?
(a) Four brochures.
(b) Four Bibles.
(c) Four gramophones.
(d) Four encyclopedias.

11. How does Gerry Evans react when Chris tells him the family is watching them?
(a) "Better still!"
(b) "Let's get out of sight!"
(c) "Shame on them!"
(d) "They're just jealous!"

12. What unusual stage convention involves the boy Michael?
(a) The boy Michael is played by an adult.
(b) The boy Michael is invisible, and his lines are said by adult Michael.
(c) The boy Michael narrates the play.
(d) The boy Michael is silent.

13. In what year does Dancing at Lughnasa take place?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1946.
(d) 1936.

14. What does Kate say is the only thing Gerry Evans does well?
(a) Sell merchandise.
(b) Sing.
(c) Sell himself.
(d) Dance.

15. Why does the parish priest tell Kate she may lose her teaching job?
(a) The priest says the parents object to Kate's methods.
(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 Kate is getting too old to teach.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language has Uncle Jack been speaking for twenty-five years?

2. How does Gerry Evans get to Ballybeg?

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

4. What do the back hills people do to celebrate Lughnasa?

5. Why do the sisters stop dancing?

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