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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 last act of courage does Dane perform?

2. Where are Dane and Justine living with their jobs and schooling ?

3. Whom does Justine meet in Rome?

4. What traveling job does Luke take for six days a week?

5. How is baby Dane different from his sister?

Short Essay Questions

1. What major decision does Meggie make regarding her marriage and her future?

2. Who is Luke O'Neill?

3. What are three major decisions that Luke makes, without consulting Meggie, in the first part of their marriage?

4. If the war intensifies, what members of the Cleary family are selected to enlist and why?

5. What does Justine decide to do instead of attending college, and how does her family react to this news?

6. What does Father Ralph do when he is back in Rome?

7. Why doesn't Meggie attend Dane's ordination?

8. How do Meggie and Luke feel about her pregnancy?

9. Who comes to visit Meggie while she is on vacation at Matlock?

10. How does Meggie ensure that Luke will never question the paternity of their child?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Meggie and Father Ralph develop a relationship early in Meggie's childhood. This relationship continues to grow throughout the years, resulting in a love affair. Pick one of the following two topics to write about and use examples from the book.

1) Do you think Meggie and Father Ralph could have ever had a strong marital partnership? Justify your answer.

2) Do you view Father Ralph as leading Meggie on throughout the book? What do you think his true intentions were from the beginning? How might their relationship have been different?

Essay Topic 2

Mary Carson appears to be a very shrewd woman. How does she use her intuition about the people in her circle to manipulate those same people? Select three other characters in the book and describe Mary's relationship with those characters.

Essay Topic 3

Fiona and Paddy have an arranged marriage. Fiona's father, aghast at her pregnancy, pays Paddy to marry Fiona and move her away from the family. Can an arranged marriage ever be successful? Do you consider Fiona and Paddy's marriage a success? Please be specific and provide details from the book.

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