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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. In Part III, where is the special law book store that Mr. Rosenblum recommends to Eilis?

2. What day of the week did Miss Keegan usually light a fire at the boarding house?

3. At the beginning of Part III, which boarder is leaving?

4. What color hair does Delores Grace have?

5. When Eilis shows Tony her letter from Brooklyn College in Part III, Section 2, where does he want to go to celebrate?

Short Essay Questions

1. What advice to Diana and Patty give Eilis before she goes to Coney Island with Tony?

2. What does Mrs. Kehoe say about dances held in the parish hall after the war?

3. How does Tony treat Eilis at the first baseball game they attend together?

4. How is Eilis able to speak with her mother after Rose's death?

5. When Eilis moves to the room in the basement, why does she wish that she had stayed in her old bedroom?

6. Why does Eilis not have to pay for her tuition for Brooklyn College?

7. What all does Eilis buy for her trip to Coney Island with Tony?

8. How does Eilis feel as she watches her first baseball game?

9. According to Miss McAdam, why did Miss Keegan leave the boarding house?

10. What do Tony, Maurice, and Laurence buy together, and what do they plan to do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The overall mood in the novel is positive. What words would you use to describe the mood in the novel? How does the mood affect the reader’s attitude toward characters?

Essay Topic 2

Eilis begins spending time with Jim. Why does she spend time with him? Why does she not avoid him or tell him that she is married? How do her choices to spend time with him affect Jim and herself?

Essay Topic 3

Eilis almost does not return to Brooklyn. Why does Eilis have doubts about returning to America? What influences her to return, and how does she feel about returning?

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