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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Before Eilis goes in Part I, how often has she been to seven o'clock mass?
2. Where does Miss Fortini send Eilis when Eilis shows up sad for the second day in a row at work?
3. What time does Eilis get home after her work day in Part II?
4. Before Eilis sails to America, how many times has she used a shower?
5. What are Mrs. Keohoe's daily topics at dinner?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Eilis's room like on the ship that takes her to America?
2. What does Eilis's mother say about Miss Kelly?
3. What happened to Mrs. Kehoe's husband?
4. How does Eilis get a shop coat and what type does she buy?
5. Who is Father Flood?
6. What is the system for laundering clothes at Mrs. Kehoe's boarding house?
7. How does Miss Fortini act when when she notices that Eilis is sad?
8. What is the "Famous Nylon Sale" at Bartocci's?
9. What does Miss Kelly say about her helper Mary?
10. What does Miss Kelly give Eilis when she has her come in and work an extra day in the shop?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Eilis is concerned about her appearance when she lives in Brooklyn. Why does her appearance bother her? What does she think she needs assistance with to look like other girls? How does appearance change? How does that change affect her in Brooklyn and then when she returns to Ireland?
Essay Topic 2
There are internal and external conflicts in the novel. Are there more internal or external conflicts? How do these conflicts advance the plot and influence characters?
Essay Topic 3
Eilis leaves her close-knit community in Ireland to immigrate to America. How does growing up in the community of Enniscorthy make Eilis the person she has become? How is a new community created around her in America? How does that community help grow and mature?
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