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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. Which of the sisters dances alone?
(a) Rose.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Agnes.
(d) Kate.

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

3. How old Is Uncle Jack?
(a) Fifty-three.
(b) Thirty-three.
(c) Forty-seven.
(d) Twenty-five.

4. Where is Bernie O'Donnell's husband from?
(a) Ballybeg.
(b) London.
(c) Stockholm.
(d) Dublin.

5. What is Wild Woodbine?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Perfume.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Cigarettes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Kate call the people who live in the back hills?

3. Why does Maggie worry when Michael can't be seen?

4. What gift does Danny Bradley give Rose for Christmas?

5. What medication does Uncle Jack take?

Short Essay Questions

1. We as readers are told that Rose is "simple." How does the playwright make that clear to the audience?

2. How far do the Mundys live from the rest of the village, and what significance is there in that distance?

3. What do you think Michael means when he talks of a widening breach between what seemed to be and what was?

4. Why does Chris call Danny Bradley a bastard?

5. How does Kate explain Uncle Jack's strange behavior?

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 notice about the pack of cigarettes Kate brought her, and why is it significant?

9. What is significant about the names Nora and Nina that Bernie O'Donnell gave to her twin daughters?

10. Why do you think the playwright chose to have adult Michael speak the lines of child Michael instead of having two actors?

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