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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Pegeen's reaction when she enters her home to find the village girls toasting Christy and the Widow Quin?
(a) She tries to get them to take Christy with them.
(b) She is thankful for their help.
(c) She chases them out with a broom.
(d) She is not pleased.

2. When Pegeen says to Shawn, "Go on, then, to Father Reilly, and let him put you in the holy brotherhoods, and leave that lad to me," what emotion is she displaying?
(a) Joy.
(b) Bravery.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Anger.

3. Pegeen's relationship with her father can be described as:
(a) Loving.
(b) One sided.
(c) Antagonistic.
(d) Amiable.

4. Pegeen punishes Christy for being friendly to the girls by:
(a) Not speaking to him.
(b) Banishing him from her home.
(c) Making him scrub the dishes.
(d) Telling the details of the hanging of a man who killed his da.

5. Pegeen is referred to as "Pegeen Mike" in the story because:
(a) She is bequeathed to Michael O'Donovan.
(b) Her middle name is Michelle.
(c) She looks like a boy.
(d) Her father is Michael Flaherty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is poteen?

2. Pegeen's formal name is:

3. The issue of Christy going home with the Widow Quin is resolved when:

4. Act II opens with Christy performing what activity?

5. When the village girls arrive, they interrupt Christy as he is:

(see the answer key)

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