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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. Who does Rose share her picnic with?
(a) Brian McGuinness.
(b) Gerry Evans.
(c) Danny Bradley.
(d) Austin Morgan.
2. What work does Kate find after leaving her teaching job?
(a) She has to apply at the knitting factory.
(b) She marries Austin Morgan.
(c) She works as a dressmaker.
(d) She tutors Austin Morgan's family.
3. What is Michael writing to ask from Santa Claus?
(a) A kite.
(b) A bicycle.
(c) A radio.
(d) A bell.
4. What does Chris think is wrong with the radio?
(a) It's old.
(b) It's possessed.
(c) It's broken.
(d) It's improperly wired.
5. What does Rose say happened to the boy who was burned at the Lughnasa festival?
(a) He will be crippled.
(b) He will be paralyzed.
(c) He's recovering.
(d) He died.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many eggs does Maggie have to feed the people over for dinner in Act 2?
2. What bad news does Chris have from Vera McLaughlin?
3. What does Chris want Gerry Evans to do for the family?
4. What skill does Gerry Evans have that the army wanted?
5. What are the hand knitters in Ballybeg going to do?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is it that Kate asks Uncle Jack to promise?
2. When Uncle Jack hears wedding bells, he asks if it is one of his sisters who is getting married. Who is actually marrying?
3. What significance can we attach to Uncle Jack's declaration that he is cold all the time?
4. Maggie asks Michael a riddle about the apples on a tree. What might those apples symbolize?
5. What is Michael writing to ask Santa Claus to bring, and why is the gift he wants significant?
6. Why might Agnes have believed Rose could not get work in the factory?
7. What phrase did Kate hit upon that comforted her as she tried to understand Uncle Jack's changed attitude toward life since his stay in Ryanda?
8. What does Uncle Jack reveal about his ministry in Ryanga when Kate asks if the people gather together for Mass?
9. How does the Industrial Revolution affect the lives of the Mundy sisters?
10. What does Uncle Jack reveal about his relationship to Okawa when he speaks about his time in Uganda?
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