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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Maeve clearly won Billy's _____________, if not his heart.
(a) Affection
(b) Loyalty
(c) Respect
(d) Fidelity

2. Who does Maeve ask to identify Billy?
(a) The monsignor
(b) Dan
(c) Sheila
(d) Dennis

3. What does Maeve do when she realizes the voice she heard belongs to Dennis, not Billy?
(a) She vomits
(b) She screams
(c) She faints
(d) She swears

4. Dan tells Dennis and his daughter that no one thought Billy would ________________________.
(a) Die so young
(b) Become an alcoholic
(c) Marry after Eva died
(d) Go to Ireland

5. What does Billy do when he arrives in Ireland?
(a) Goes to church
(b) Goes to his hotel
(c) Rents a car
(d) Walks on the beach

Short Answer Questions

1. Why had Dennis accepted the bribe money all those years ago?

2. What year does Billy go to Ireland?

3. Who sits all night with Maeve on the night that Billy dies?

4. What do most people tell Dennis to do after his wife dies?

5. Eva tells Billy that Mary _____________________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Maeve share about the night that Billy died?

2. What does Eva tell Billy about her deception?

3. How does Dennis respond when his daughter asks him about his faith now?

4. What is the setting for Chapter 7?

5. What does the episode with the black minister remind Dennis of?

6. What does Maeve recall about her first date with Billy?

7. What does Dennis do on the day that Billy dies?

8. How does Dennis' faith in Billy's dream extend past practicality?

9. How does the theme of love extend in Chapter 8?

10. How does this chapter exemplify the differences between how families have changed between Dennis' generation and that of his children?

(see the answer keys)

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