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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. When Uncle Jack says "we," to whom does he refer?
(a) The people in the leper colony.
(b) The Irish.
(c) The British.
(d) The family.

2. What does Gerry Evans offer Chris during each annual visit?
(a) A dance.
(b) A new bike.
(c) A dinner out.
(d) Marriage.

3. What does Rose say happened to the boy who was burned at the Lughnasa festival?
(a) He will be paralyzed.
(b) He died.
(c) He's recovering.
(d) He will be crippled.

4. Why does Kate think Agnes and Rose did not apply to work in the knitting factory?
(a) The sisters were not in robust health.
(b) The sisters had no transportation to the factory.
(c) The sisters could not read the instructions.
(d) Agnes was too notionate to work in a factory.

5. How many children does Gerry Evans have besides Michael?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kate say the radio has done to the country?

2. What is unusual about the recruiter of which Gerry Evans learns as he writes his name?

3. What does Chris think is wrong with the radio?

4. How is Gerry Evans wounded in Spain?

5. What word does Kate use to describe Michael?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What is Michael writing to ask Santa Claus to bring, and why is the gift he wants significant?

3. The recruiter tells Gerry Evans that he is invaluable to the brigade because he is a master at disguising himself. How does this revelation relate to the false impression he has given to Gerry Evans?

4. What significance can we attach to Uncle Jack's declaration that he is cold all the time?

5. What has Rose forgotten when she comes home from her meeting with Danny Bradley?

6. How does the Industrial Revolution affect the lives of the Mundy sisters?

7. How does Rose trick Agnes and get away from her?

8. What is it that Kate asks Uncle Jack to promise?

9. How does Uncle Jack reveal that the Ryangans have not been converted to Christianity by his efforts?

10. What news does Rose bring her family about the boy who was burned during the Lughnasa fires?

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