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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Episode 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Boyle ask of Gar once he is in Philadelphia?
(a) He asks Gar to look for a job for him.
(b) He asks Gar to speak to Lizzy about him.
(c) He asks Gar to write to him.
(d) He asks Gar to look out for newspapers that may be interested in publishing his poems.

2. What happy news does Madge share with Gar in Episode 1?
(a) Her niece has given birth to a girl.
(b) SB has decided to reduce her work.
(c) She is changing jobs.
(d) She has been given a raise.

3. In the flashback with Katie, what does Katie ask Gar to do?
(a) She asks him to speak to SB about their plans.
(b) She asks him to make arrangements for their wedding.
(c) She asks him to get her parents’ permission to marry the next week.
(d) She asks him to meet Francis King.

4. What, according to private Gar, is the difference between Ireland and the United States?
(a) One is Gar's homeland, the other is a new place.
(b) One is Catholic, the other is Protestant.
(c) One is the land of customs and conventions and the other is one of materialism.
(d) One is full of mystery, the other is not.

5. Why is private Gar infuriated by SB’s routine talk about work?
(a) Gar is leaving the next morning, yet SB has nothing to say about it.
(b) SB does not pay him.
(c) SB asks him not to go.
(d) SB pays him less than due.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Boyle's worry?

2. How does Madge defend SB’s silence?

3. Why do public and private Gar sing "Philadelpha, here I come" together after Boyle leaves, in Episode 1 (36)?

4. What is Master Boyle’s advice?

5. What does public Gar mean when he says “he got ten minutes’ overtime out of my hide” (2)?

(see the answer key)

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