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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Gar's mood in the beginning of the play?
(a) He is hopeful.
(b) He is pensive.
(c) He is sad.
(d) He is ecstatic.

2. What has Gar been doing all day long on his final day in Ireland?
(a) He has been fishing.
(b) He has been talking to SB.
(c) He has been visiting his friends.
(d) He has been packing flour bags.

3. What does Boyle mean when he advises Gar to be one hundred percent American?
(a) He asks Gar to not look back at his past.
(b) He wants Gar to learn American fads.
(c) He wants Gar to become an American citizen.
(d) He wants Gar to return an American.

4. Who is Katie?
(a) Katie is Maire’s sister.
(b) Katie is SB’s employee.
(c) Katie is Gar’s friend whom he almost married.
(d) Katie is Madge’s niece.

5. Why does Gar say that Boyle may have been his father?
(a) Boyle is the same age as his father.
(b) Boyle is a father figure to Gar.
(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.

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

7. What does Boyle give Gar?
(a) He gives Gar some old photographs.
(b) He gives Gar a belt.
(c) He gives Gar some money.
(d) Boyle gives Gar a book of his poems.

8. 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.

9. Why do public and private Gar sing "Philadelpha, here I come" together after Boyle leaves, in Episode 1 (36)?
(a) Boyle wants to hear the song.
(b) SB tries to stop Gar from leaving.
(c) It is almost time for the flight when Boyle leaves.
(d) Public Gar is caught up in emotions as Boyle leaves and as he remembers Katie. Private Gar makes him focus on the future by singing together.

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

11. How much does SB owe Gar?
(a) He owes him 10 shillings.
(b) He owes him 5 pounds.
(c) He owes 3 pounds and 15 shillings.
(d) He owes him 10 pounds.

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

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

14. 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.

15. What is Boyle's worry?
(a) He is worried that the priest Canon O'Bryne may sack him.
(b) He is worried his poems are not going to become famous.
(c) He misses Maire.
(d) He is worried about Gar.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the flashback with Katie, what is Katie’s concern?

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

3. What is in the suitcase Madge brings in?

4. What do private and public Gar do together after Madge leaves in Episode 1?

5. What, according to private Gar, is the difference between Ireland and the United States?

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