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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What gift does Danny Bradley give Rose for Christmas?
(a) A live fish.
(b) A live rose.
(c) A silver rose.
(d) A silver fish.
2. How soon does Kate predict Gerry Evans will come back?
(a) Never.
(b) In a month.
(c) In a year.
(d) In a week.
3. What does Gerry Evans think the radio is when he hears it?
(a) A wireless.
(b) A gramophone.
(c) A recording.
(d) A piano.
4. What does Maggie like to ask Michael?
(a) Jokes.
(b) Personal questions.
(c) Plots of stories he's read.
(d) Riddles.
5. Why do Maggie and Chris object to Rose seeing Danny Bradley?
(a) He's married.
(b) He's a liar.
(c) He's handsome and they're jealous.
(d) He's a drunk.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Jack feel about the Ballybeg climate?
2. What does Gerry Evans see at the Mundy house that he says is a bad omen?
3. Where is Gerry Evans going?
4. What does Kate call vulgar language?
5. How do the sisters feel about Uncle Jack while he is in the leper colony?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Maggie notice about the pack of cigarettes Kate brought her, and why is it significant?
2. Why does Kate become angry when Rose repeats the idea that twins are a double blessing?
3. After Agnes blows Michael a kiss, she says it was the wrong thing to do. Why would it be the wrong thing to do?
4. Why do you think young Michael felt unease rather than amusement or joy when his mother and aunts danced?
5. Why do you think the playwright chose to have adult Michael speak the lines of child Michael instead of having two actors?
6. Why do you think the opening tableau shows Uncle Jack in his "resplendent" uniform, which is out of place in the play's action?
7. When Irish music comes from the radio, which of the sisters begins to dance first, and in what mood does she dance?
8. What does Maggie release for Michael to see?
9. Why do you think Rose can describe the Festival of Lughnasa to her sisters?
10. What reasons does Kate use for refusing to go to the harvest dance?
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