Riders to the Sea MCQs - Text-Based Quiz and Answers
Riders to the Sea (Page 145) Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why does Maurya want Bartley to leave the rope hanging by the boards?
- A) It is needed to secure the boat.
- B) It will be needed to lower Michael's coffin if his body washes up.
- C) It belongs to the neighbors downstairs.
- D) It is an old family heirloom.
2. Where did Maurya buy the "finest white boards" mentioned in the text?
- A) Dublin
- B) Galway
- C) Connemara
- D) Aran Islands
3. What does Bartley intend to do with the rope?
- A) Tie up the family's pig
- B) Use it as a halter to ride down on the mare
- C) Repair the sails on the boat
- D) Sell it to the jobber
4. For how long will the boat that Bartley is catching be gone?
- A) For two days
- B) For a single week
- C) For two weeks or beyond it
- D) For a month
5. According to the text footnotes, what does the word "halter" mean?
- A) A leather saddle
- B) Another rope
- C) A wooden frame
- D) A type of whip
6. What type of fair does Bartley say he heard they were having "below"?
- A) A fair for sheep
- B) A fair for pigs
- C) A fair for horses
- D) A harvest fair
7. Why is Maurya worried about there being "no man in it" if Michael's body is washed up?
- A) To carry the body to the church
- B) To make the coffin
- C) To go out searching in the sea
- D) To claim the family inheritance
8. How many days have they been looking each day for Michael's body according to Bartley?
- A) Three days
- B) Seven days
- C) Nine days
- D) Twelve days
9. From which directions was the strong wind blowing "a while back"?
- A) North and East
- B) West and South
- C) South and East
- D) North and West
10. What celestial sign does Maurya mention as rising in the night?
- A) A comet behind the clouds
- B) A star up against the moon
- C) The morning sun
- D) A solar eclipse
11. Complete Maurya's line: "what is the price of a thousand horses against a son where there is ___?"
- A) no money left
- B) no hope at all
- C) one son only
- D) a deep grave waiting
12. Who does Bartley give instructions to regarding the sheep and the pig?
- A) Maurya
- B) Cathleen
- C) Michael
- D) The jobber
13. What are the sheep specifically warned against doing?
- A) Falling into the ocean
- B) Jumping in on the rye
- C) Breaking through the stone wall
- D) Wandering off to the fair
14. What does the term "jobber" mean based on the text's footnotes?
- A) A boat builder
- B) A crop harvester
- C) A cattle dealer
- D) A coffin maker
15. Which specific animal does Bartley say can be sold if the jobber comes?
- A) The white horse
- B) The sheep with the long wool
- C) The pig with the black feet
- D) The red mare
16. What is Maurya's skeptical reaction to Bartley's instruction about selling the animal?
- A) She says the jobber will never show up.
- B) She asks how the like of Cathleen would get a good price for a pig.
- C) She says the pig is worth more than a horse.
- D) She claims the pig has already run away.
17. What did Maurya give for the boards found in Connemara?
- A) A small token
- B) A big price
- C) Two healthy sheep
- D) She traded her mare for them
18. What action does Bartley physically perform while talking to Cathleen?
- A) Working at the halter
- B) Looking round at the boards
- C) Counting his money
- D) Putting on his coat
19. Maurya emphasizes that if Michael is washed up tomorrow or any morning, it will be a ___?
- A) shallow grave
- B) deep grave
- C) blessing from the wind
- D) terrible day for the island
20. According to Maurya, they will make Michael's grave by the grace of whom?
- A) The community
- B) The priest
- C) God
- D) The sea
21. What is the main conflict highlighted between Maurya and Bartley in this passage?
- A) Arguments over money and debts
- B) Bartley's urge to trade at the fair versus Maurya's anxieties over death and family survival
- C) Disagreements regarding the care of the rye fields
- D) Arguments about who should leave the island forever
22. What item does Maurya look at when she pauses her dialogue halfway through the text?
- A) The rope
- B) The mare
- C) The boards
- D) The moon
23. In Maurya's speech, what natural element is described as "raising the sea"?
- A) The moon
- B) The star
- C) The wind
- D) The heavy rain
24. What animal is Bartley planning to ride down to the boat?
- A) The pig
- B) The mare
- C) The stallion
- D) The bull
25. On what page of the text does this dramatic exchange take place?
- A) 140
- B) 144
- C) 145
- D) 150
Answer Key
1. B
2. C
3. B
4. C
5. B
6. C
7. B
8. C
9. B
10. B
11. C
12. B
13. B
14. C
15. C
16. B
17. B
18. A
19. B
20. C
21. B
22. C
23. C
24. B
25. C
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