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1. Who is Madge and how old is she?

Madge is the housekeeper at SB O'Donnell's house, and she is in her sixties.

2. When does the action in the play take place?

The play opens on the day before Gar is leaving for Philadelphia and ends just before his departure.

3. Why is public Gar ecstatic in the beginning of the play?

When the play opens, public Gar is excited about his plans of moving to Philadelphia. Though this changes in the end, in the beginning, he sees his departure as an escape from his father and from Ireland.

4. What does public Gar mean when he says “on my last day with him he got ten minutes’ overtime out of my hide” (2)?

Gar works for his father and is paid very low wages. Though he is leaving the next day, rather than give Gar the whole day off, SB has made Gar work extra time.

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