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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is listening to Jimmy and Philly's conversation and interrupts them?
(a) Shawn.
(b) The Widow Quin.
(c) Christy Mahon.
(d) Old Mahon.

2. What does Michael James expect Shawn to do in Michael's absence?
(a) Marry Pegeen.
(b) Fetch the Widow Quin.
(c) Attend the wake.
(d) Keep Pegeen company.

3. When Christy comes out of the back room, the girls:
(a) Welcome him and offer him food they have brought him.
(b) Condemn him for his lack of Godly morals.
(c) Scream and run away.
(d) Tell him he should marry the Widow Quin.

4. What does Christy say his father did just before Christy struck him?
(a) Cursed at him.
(b) Swung a scythe at him.
(c) Grounded him.
(d) Punched him.

5. When Christy threatens Shawn for trying to win Pegeen back, Shawn reacts by:
(a) Biting him.
(b) Hiding behind Michael Flaherty.
(c) Fainting.
(d) Pulling a knife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following characters is mentioned but does not appear in the play?

2. Pegeen is referred to as "Pegeen Mike" in the story because:

3. The author's dialogue and description of the night gives what impression?

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

5. Christy tells the girls and the Widow Quin that his father wanted him to:

(see the answer key)

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