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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Christy and Pegeen talk about what their life might be like together, they are:
(a) Fantasizing.
(b) Realistic.
(c) Cautious.
(d) Preparing to run away together.

2. When the village girls come to meet Christy, the one item they do not bring him is?
(a) Bacon.
(b) Butter.
(c) Cake.
(d) Duck eggs.

3. The conflict that appears in Act II is:
(a) Old Mahon shows up to take Christy back home.
(b) Pegeen cannot decide between Shawn and Christy.
(c) Christy can't decide whether he should tell Pegeen the truth.
(d) Pegeen and the Widow Quin are fighting over Christy.

4. What is Christy's reaction to his father?
(a) Angry that he pretended to be dead.
(b) Guilty for hurting him.
(c) Afraid that he will be punished by God.
(d) Embarrassed about not doing a good job.

5. What is the most significant plot change in Act II?
(a) Christy receives a new coat from Shawn.
(b) Christy is arrested.
(c) The Widow Quin helping Shawn.
(d) The appearance of Old Mahon.

6. What Christy offer the Widow Quin if she will help him win Pegeen?
(a) A path on his property that leads to the river.
(b) Chickens.
(c) A job at Pegeen's once they are wed.
(d) Prayers that will get her to heaven at the time of her death.

7. The Widow Quin enters the scene and suggests that he tell all of them his story while:
(a) She stalls for time.
(b) They make him breakfast.
(c) Michael James sleeps off his hangover.
(d) Pegeen sends for the police.

8. How does Old Mahon describe Christy's personality?
(a) Hot tempered.
(b) Foolish and timid.
(c) Sensible.
(d) Studious.

9. What happens each time Christy tells his story?
(a) Another village member wants to marry him.
(b) He cries.
(c) He adds more lies to it.
(d) It becomes more dramatic.

10. Which of the following characters could be described as the most impulsive?
(a) Christy Mahon
(b) Shawn Keogh
(c) Old Mahon
(d) The Widow Quin

11. Christy tells the girls and the Widow Quin that his father wanted him to:
(a) Plow his four acres of potatoes without a horse.
(b) Marry an old, overweight, half blind, widow of ill repute.
(c) Move out.
(d) Wed the young girl next door so that he would have a maid.

12. When Pegeen warns Christy not to tell everybody of his crime or he might have to leave, he surprises her by:
(a) Speaking to her romantically.
(b) Telling her she is worrying needlessly.
(c) Fainting.
(d) Saying that he made it all up.

13. During the girls' discussion of the boots, Sara Tansey:
(a) Makes coffee.
(b) Tries the boots on and considers keeping them.
(c) Suggests they wait for Pegeen to return.
(d) Flings the door open and threatens to shoot Christy.

14. 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.

15. Which of the following would not be offered in trade for a favor by the characters in the play?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Dung.
(c) Poteen.
(d) Blessings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Pegeen's reaction when she enters her home to find the village girls toasting Christy and the Widow Quin?

2. Which character has the most at stake due to the appearance of Christy?

3. Pegeen's village is located:

4. In what way does Christy demonstrate courage in Act II?

5. When Christy comes out of the back room, the girls:

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