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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Owen say are the best fishermen out there?
(a) The Donnelly twins.
(b) The O'Conners.
(c) The O'Flaherty's.
(d) The Irish.

2. In what Irish County does the play take place?
(a) Cork.
(b) McManus.
(c) Donegal.
(d) Caffrey.

3. Who is Hugh's younger son?
(a) Manus.
(b) Owen.
(c) Michael.
(d) Yolland.

4. Yolland tells Manus that the soldiers got a crate of what from Dublin in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Apples.
(b) Cherries.
(c) Peaches.
(d) Oranges.

5. When does Maire say her passage money for America came?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Yesterday.
(c) Last Friday.
(d) Thursday.

Short Answer Questions

1. Owen says to Yolland in Act 2, Scene 1 that Manus doesn't have enough money to do what?

2. Where is the new national school being built in the play?

3. Where were two of the soldiers' horses were found at the bottom of the cliffs?

4. What language does Maire say she knows better than English?

5. What kind of hair is Maire described as having?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Maire tell Manus about America in Act 1? What is his reply?

2. What happens in Act 2 that leads up to Yolland realizing Owen's real name?

3. How much time passes between Act 1 and Act 2? What is taking place at the beginning of Act 2?

4. Explain how Owen's not correcting Yolland on his name relates to the mapping progress in Act 2.

5. Who are Jimmy and Hugh? What are their characteristics?

6. Describe the character of Yolland. What are his feelings of Baile Beag?

7. What do we know of Doalty's behavior and recent actions based upon his entrance in Act 1?

8. What does Yolland tell Owen about Maire in Act 2?

9. Describe the military tension which is revealed in the play in Act 1.

10. Discuss Sarah's relationship to the theme of language in the play.

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