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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. What does Violet worry about after receiving Elizabeth's letter in Chapter 3?

2. Who is the only person to notice that Elizabeth has lost her virginity?

3. What is the name of Nick's girlfriend?

4. What does Elizabeth have preserved in moth balls back in London?

5. What does Elizabeth send Aisling for her birthday in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Elizabeth continue her conversion to Catholicism in Chapter 5?

2. After leaving St. Mark convent school years ago, what have Violet and Eileen done with their lives?

3. In Chapter 10, to what does Aisling equate sex?

4. What does Worsky warn Elizabeth about Stone? Why doesn't she pay attention?

5. In Chapter 7, what realization does Elizabeth come to after spending a week at Monica's?

6. How does Joannie end up being sent to a convent school in Chapter 7?

7. In Chapter 3, what do Elizabeth's and Eileen's first letters to the Whites refer to?

8. What does Eileen worry over concerning Elizabeth's arrival?

9. What regrets does Elizabeth have as she settles back into life in London?

10. When Elizabeth sees Violet and Harry in Chapter 8, what does Harry encourage her to do? How has her mother changed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and interpret the characters Elizabeth and Aisling. What are their defining character traits? What struggles and obstacles do they face throughout the novel? What are their goals and motives?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the setting of the novel. How important is the setting to novel? How does WWII affect the characters? What does Ireland teach Elizabeth? What does England teach Aisling? What differences are illustrated between England and Ireland? What if the novel had been set in a different place and time? In your opinion, would the choices of the protagonists be different? If so, how?

Essay Topic 3

What is the genre of the novel "Light a Penny Candle"? What are some examples of other works of this genre? What are the characteristics of this genre? What are some examples of these characteristics in "Light a Penny Candle"?

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