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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Shawn's plan for Christy?
(a) To beat fear into him.
(b) To win the games.
(c) To take Pegeen off his hands.
(d) To go to America and forever leave Pegeen's life.

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

3. Who is "The Playboy of the Western World?"
(a) Old Mahon
(b) Christy Mahon
(c) Shaneen Keogh
(d) Michael Flaherty

4. What do the girls from the village want from Christy?
(a) His advice.
(b) His money.
(c) To punish Pegeen.
(d) His attentions.

5. What is Christy worried about after Old Mahon leaves?
(a) What Pegeen will think of him when she hears the story.
(b) That he will be late for the games.
(c) That Old Mahon will return for him.
(d) That he will be turned in to the police.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Pegeen angry with Christy for speaking with the girls and the Widow Quin?

2. Which character in the story seems to have the most self-doubt?

3. Which of the following characters could be described as the most impulsive?

4. What is the mood in Act II?

5. When Pegeen rushes out to tend to her sheep crisis, what does Shawn offer to Christy to leave?

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