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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. What comment does Aengus make about Benny's dress?
(a) it's definitely her color
(b) she's popping out of it
(c) it looks like the prow of a ship
(d) it's the best dress at the party

2. As a big dance approaches, what are Bill and Jack discussing?
(a) where they can get a car
(b) how to get out of going
(c) what to wear to the dance
(d) which girls to invite to the dance

3. What is Benny's dilemma at the hospital?
(a) whether to call home or wait until she arrives
(b) whether to talk or keep quiet
(c) whether to call Mother Francis or Mother Clare
(d) whether to leave Eve or stay the night with her

4. How does Benny get Clodagh's dress past her parents?
(a) it has a modesty vest
(b) she shows them a different dress
(c) she doesn't try it on for them
(d) she has Clodagh bring it to her at the bus

5. Who saves Benny from having to go home with Sean Walsh escorting her?
(a) Jack
(b) Nan
(c) Aidan Lynch
(d) Mother Francis

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the man who enters the hotel and keeps looking at Nan?

2. What is Aidan's joke that does not amuse Eve?

3. Why does Jack want Benny at his parents' sherry party?

4. What exposes Benny's lack of sophistication when asked to join a Dutch party?

5. Why does Eve cultivate a friendship with Nan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the tragedy at the end of Chapter 3?

2. What does Benny learn about how Eve has lived all these years that Benny has pitied her?

3. How does Eve accept Benny's explanation for why she cannot stay overnight with Eve?

4. How does Benny reprimand her father for sending Sean to bring her home?

5. Describe the problem arising over Eve's future education.

6. What are two surprises Eve gets when she visits Westlands?

7. What is Nan's comment when Benny cannot stay for Frank's funeral and has to take the bus back home?

8. Why is Nan not really interested in the boys from school?

9. Why are Benny and Eve in the Healy Hotel and what are they doing?

10. Describe the meeting of Jack, Benny, and Nan at the hospital.

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