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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. Everard has heard Ireland described as 'Ireland of the ________.'

2. Hold old was Heloise when she died?

3. What are propped on the wall of Logan's?

4. What will Horahan make for Lucy?

5. What was the weather on the day Lucy was born?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who comes to visit Lahardane? Who was Lucy expecting?

2. Who does Lucy visit? What do other people think about her actions?

3. What trade is Henry teaching himself?

4. How does Lucy and Ralph's correspondence end? What does Lucy regret?

5. What does Ralph plan to do?

6. Describe Horahan's visit with the Gaults.

7. What changes occur around Lahardane?

8. How has Lucy's life and the world around her changed?

9. What has happened in history since the previous chapter? How has Ralph fared as a soldier?

10. What does Lucy make during the wintertime? What is its significance?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay documenting the varying roles religion can play in the lives of individuals. Be sure to address:

1) How religion can serve in a support role for those in need.

2) The role of religious doctrine in the morality, lifestyle choices, and overall lives of individuals.

3) The role of religious institutions throughout history and across the world in politics, charity, foreign aid, and so on.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay that serves as a fictional biography of Horahan, the man who as a boy was shot by Captain Gault. Feel free to take artistic license through creative writing to fill in any gaps left by the narrative of the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay documenting the challenges and difficulties faced by the elderly in modern society. Be sure to address:

1) Financial, physical, and emotional challenges faced by the elderly.

2) The possible effects of a growing aging population on modern societies.

3) How life expectancies and quality of life has changed throughout history.

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