View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Michael when his sisters leave home?
(a) 15.
(b) 10.
(c) 18.
(d) 25.

2. Who does Sheila invite to the wedding without consulting anyone?
(a) McQuaid.
(b) Michael.
(c) Her ex-boyfriend.
(d) Luke.

3. What does Michael do that shocks the girls and allows them to see him in a different light?
(a) He drinks a beer.
(b) He talks back to Moran.
(c) He kisses a woman.
(d) He ignores his daily chores.

4. Who calls Moran from the school to inquire about Michael?
(a) Sister O'Connell.
(b) Mother Mary Dalles.
(c) Father Murphy.
(d) Brother Michael.

5. Where does Michael flee to find refuge?
(a) To Dublin to be with his sisters.
(b) To New York to wait for Nell to return.
(c) To the bar so that he can drink until he forgets his problems.
(d) To the cemetery where his real mother is buried.

6. How does Rose respond when Moran tells her that the family managed well enough before she came?
(a) She tells Moran she will have to go away from there.
(b) She suffers in silence and says nothing.
(c) She gets and frustrated and explains all the good she has done.
(d) She slaps Moran and demands and apology.

7. Michael is caught flirting with Nell Morahan. What is her reputation?
(a) She is shy and rarely talks to men.
(b) She is older and promiscuous.
(c) She is mean and rude to men.
(d) She is younger and immature.

8. On the way home from the wedding, what does Moran make everyone do in the car to save time?
(a) Change out of their wedding clothes.
(b) Open the wedding gifts.
(c) Eat their dinner.
(d) Say the Rosary.

9. What does Young Michael tend to?
(a) The family pet.
(b) Rose's flower garden.
(c) The household chores.
(d) The farm animals.

10. When Maggie asks Luke to come home, what is his response?
(a) "I have no home."
(b) "Moran will kill me if I come home."
(c) "Only women can live with Moran."
(d) "My home is in London now."

11. Where does Mark go every night to "escape" when he is staying at Great Meadow?
(a) His car.
(b) Maggie's bedroom.
(c) The barn.
(d) The pub.

12. What does Michael begin to do when he discovers he is attracted to older women?
(a) Stays out late dancing and drinking.
(b) Dresses in suits to look older.
(c) Asks women out that he meets at church.
(d) Writes love letters to complete strangers.

13. How many positions does Maggie get accepted to?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) None.

14. What does Michael borrow from Nell?
(a) Her car.
(b) New clothes.
(c) Her passport.
(d) Train fare.

15. What does Sheila desperately want to study, but Moran will not allow it?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Law.
(c) Accounting.
(d) Teaching.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rose tell Michael he must do to make everything better with Moran?

2. What does Maggie report about Luke?

3. As Moran seems to lose his spark for life, what is it that he mentions he feels betrayed by?

4. What do the children tend to do when Moran gets angry?

5. What does Moran want to do when Michael returns?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 606 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample