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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the district's most important social event?
(a) Holy Covenant Reunion.
(b) The Gillanbone Catholic Church Ice Cream Social.
(c) Drogheda Sheep Herders Reunion.
(d) Gillanbone Show and Picnic Races.

2. What does Mary tell Ralph after she leaves her birthday party?
(a) That he needs to be closer to the Cleary family to take care of them.
(b) To leave the maids alone.
(c) To loan Paddy money.
(d) That this will be her last party and she will choose her time to die.

3. Paddy and Fiona have how many sons?
(a) 8.
(b) 7.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

4. What is Father Ralph's new role since the death of Mary Carson?
(a) He is a private secretary to an Archbishop in Sydney.
(b) He hires workers for Drogheda.
(c) He is Paddy's supervisor.
(d) He becomes a school teacher.

5. What two people or things is Ralph torn between?
(a) The Clearys and the Carsons.
(b) Being a sheep farmer or working in Wahine.
(c) Paddy and Fiona
(d) Meggie and the Church.

6. What does Father Ralph tell Meggie when he returns for the funerals?
(a) That Paddy is not Frank's father.
(b) That he loves her but can never act on that love.
(c) That Mary Carson was attracted to him.
(d) That Mary Carson was jealous of her.

7. What does Fiona bring to her family?
(a) An extra hand to help out with household chores.
(b) Praise for being a top student in her class.
(c) Scandal and shame.
(d) Extra money from a part-time job.

8. What one thing does Drogheda not have on the premises?
(a) Rainwater tanks.
(b) Sheds.
(c) A general store.
(d) Blacksmith shop.

9. What essential part of the house is still found outside at Drogheda?
(a) A water heater.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) A bathtub.
(d) The privy.

10. Why do Paddy and Frank have so many conflicts?
(a) Frank is not Paddy's biological son.
(b) There is so much work to do and both are stressed.
(c) Paddy feels that Frank is too protective of Meggie.
(d) Fiona favors Frank over Paddy.

11. How long did it take the Cleary family to arrive in Gillanbone?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) One week.
(c) One month.
(d) Three days.

12. What is Ralph's role with the Cleary family?
(a) He takes on a father role with the twins.
(b) He loans them money to tide them over.
(c) He provides transportation to them for errands.
(d) He is more of a close family friend than a priest.

13. Why does Meggie's friend's family leave town?
(a) The children are not successful in school.
(b) Her father finds a new job.
(c) Paddy runs them out of town in disgrace.
(d) Their farm is taken by the bank.

14. Which of the following are two of the Cleary boys?
(a) Dane & Patrick.
(b) Jack & Hughie.
(c) Martin & Luke.
(d) Ralph & Adam.

15. What are the names of the twins that Fiona gives birth to?
(a) Frank and Chris.
(b) Adam and Michael.
(c) James and Patrick.
(d) Patrick and Ralph.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Paddy get into an argument with Frank when they are in Gillanbone for the Show and Picnic Races?

2. The "Thorn Birds" spans three generations of what family?

3. Which of the following characters is not very fond of Meggie?

4. What does the housekeeper tell Ralph the morning after Mary Carson's birthday party?

5. What does Father Ralph make Fiona promise him?

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