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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does public Gar mean when he says “he got ten minutes’ overtime out of my hide” (2)?
(a) Gar is in hiding.
(b) SB has been talking to Gar for more than ten minutes.
(c) SB has made Gar work 10 minutes more.
(d) SB worked ten minutes more.

2. Why did Gar not go to college?
(a) He wanted to start his own business.
(b) Gar wanted to travel.
(c) Gar felt a life of a student was not for him.
(d) He wanted to become a priest.

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

4. What do private and public Gar do together after Madge leaves in Episode 1?
(a) They roleplay and fantasize their escape from Ireland.
(b) They decide to take the day off.
(c) They discuss SB.
(d) They get into a fight.

5. How does Madge defend SB’s silence?
(a) She points out that Gar should speak first.
(b) She says that he is too sad to speak.
(c) She says she would ask SB.
(d) She says SB will speak to Gar when he pays him his wages.

6. Who are the Gallagher girls?
(a) They are Madge and her niece.
(b) They are Maire, Lizzy, Una, Agnes and Rose.
(c) They are Katie and her sister.
(d) They are Lizzy and Maire.

7. Why does Boyle ask Gar for money?
(a) He is planning to travel as well.
(b) Gar owes him money.
(c) Canon does not pay him his salary.
(d) Boyle is an alcoholic and needs money constantly.

8. Why does Gar say that Boyle may have been his father?
(a) Boyle is a father figure to Gar.
(b) Boyle is the same age as his father.
(c) Boyle loved his mother a long time back. Had they married, Boyle would have been Gar's father.
(d) Boyle is related to Gar.

9. What is Gar’s full name?
(a) His full name is Gareth O’Connor.
(b) His full name is Garvin O’Donnell.
(c) His full name is Garvin O’Connor.
(d) His full name is Gareth O’Donnell.

10. How old is Gar?
(a) He is 25.
(b) He is 40.
(c) He is 20.
(d) He is 19.

11. In the flashback with Katie, what is Katie’s concern?
(a) She is worried that she wont get a job.
(b) She thinks Gar does not make enough to support both of them.
(c) She is worried SB would not approve of her marriage to Gar.
(d) She is worried her father would not approve of her marriage to Gar.

12. What is in the suitcase Madge brings in?
(a) There is a book in the suitcase.
(b) There is an old coat in the suitcase.
(c) There is a photo in the suitcase.
(d) There is an old newspaper in the suitcase.

13. What does Madge bring in from the scullery in Episode 1?
(a) She brings some cooking pans.
(b) She brings some books.
(c) She brings some photos.
(d) She brings in an old suitcase.

14. What is the significance of the item Gar finds in his suitcase?
(a) It was printed on the day SB and Maire got married.
(b) It carries news about SB.
(c) It has news about Ireland.
(d) It has news about Maire.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Boyle mean when he advises Gar to be one hundred percent American?

2. What is Madge doing when the play opens?

3. In the flashback with Katie, what does Katie ask Gar to do?

4. What does Boyle ask of Gar once he is in Philadelphia?

5. What is Master Boyle’s advice?

(see the answer keys)

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