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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of the songs the musicians play at the dance when Eilis meets Tony?
(a) The Siege of Ennis.
(b) A Nation Once Again.
(c) The Irish Rover.
(d) Come Out Ye Black and Tans.

2. In Part III, what is the only subject Eilis is struggling with during her night classes?
(a) Accounting.
(b) Advanced mathematics.
(c) Bookkeeping.
(d) Law lectures.

3. What do Father Flood and his housekeeper bring Rose after she speaks to her mother on the phone in Part III, Section 2?
(a) Tea.
(b) Lemonade.
(c) Water.
(d) Coffee.

4. What time of day does Eilis go to see Tony after receiving her first letter from home after Rose's death?
(a) 6 p.m.
(b) 8 p.m.
(c) 9 p.m.
(d) 10:30 p.m.

5. What is the name of Eilis's mother's doctor?
(a) Dr. Manson.
(b) Dr. Murphy.
(c) Dr. Winters.
(d) Dr. Cudigan.

6. When will Eilis's classes begin for her second year in Part III, Section 2?
(a) October.
(b) August.
(c) September.
(d) July.

7. What color hair does Delores Grace have?
(a) Red.
(b) Blonde.
(c) Brown.
(d) Black.

8. Where do Tony and Eilis spend the night after Eilis receives her first letter from home after Rose's death?
(a) A hotel.
(b) Father Flood's parish hall.
(c) Tony's family's apartment.
(d) Eilis's room.

9. What does Eilis want to do the afternoon after Father Flood has a memorial mass for Rose?
(a) Have lunch.
(b) Take a nap.
(c) Go to Tony's.
(d) Go back to work.

10. What does Tony do for a living?
(a) Plumber.
(b) Grocer.
(c) Dock hand.
(d) Electrician.

11. What sport did Eilis's father and brothers listen to on summer Sundays?
(a) Rounders.
(b) Hurling.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Football.

12. In Part III, Section 2, what day of the week does Tony want to celebrate the news that Eilis passed all her classes?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Friday.

13. In Part III, where does Sheila Heffernan say that she has heard that dances are dangerous?
(a) Staten Island.
(b) Lower Brooklyn.
(c) Bronx.
(d) Manhattan side.

14. What does Tony bring from home to drink when he takes Eilis to Coney Island in Part III, Section 2?
(a) Ice Tea.
(b) Lemonade.
(c) Water.
(d) Soda.

15. What time are Tony and Eilis married in a civil ceremony in Part III, Section 2?
(a) 3 p.m.
(b) 1 p.m.
(c) 5 p.m.
(d) 2 p.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eilis's mother say that Rose had been seeing a doctor for?

2. In Part III at the first parish dance, what is the first musician playing that Eilis notices?

3. What color stockings are going to be sold at Bartocci's store in Part III?

4. In Part III, Section 2, when Tony and Eilis go to Coney Island, how long is their train ride?

5. How many brothers does Tony have?

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