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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Young Michael tend to?
(a) The household chores.
(b) Rose's flower garden.
(c) The family pet.
(d) The farm animals.

2. After taking their final exams, where do Mona and Sheila leave to?
(a) Dublin.
(b) London.
(c) New York.
(d) Hong Kong.

3. Where do Sean and Sheila get married?
(a) Great Meadow.
(b) London.
(c) Dublin.
(d) The local golf course.

4. What does Michael begin to do when he discovers he is attracted to older women?
(a) Asks women out that he meets at church.
(b) Stays out late dancing and drinking.
(c) Dresses in suits to look older.
(d) Writes love letters to complete strangers.

5. Where does Moran begin spending much more time after Mark and Maggie's visit?
(a) The pub.
(b) His porch.
(c) His bed.
(d) The church.

6. What is the name of Sheila's boyfriend?
(a) Sheamus Wilson.
(b) Patrick O'Conner.
(c) Sean Flynn.
(d) William Hulahan.

7. What benefits do the girls receive by having Rose around?
(a) They confide in her and she protects them from Moran's wrath.
(b) They no longer have to cook for themselves.
(c) They no longer have to babysit their younger siblings.
(d) They now have someone to clean up after them.

8. Where does Sheila go on her honeymoon?
(a) Majorca.
(b) Hawaii.
(c) Mexico.
(d) New York.

9. Who else in the family also advocated for Maggie to leave and train as a nurse?
(a) Mona.
(b) McQuaid.
(c) Sheila.
(d) Luke.

10. Why do Mark and Maggie return to Great Meadow the next summer after their wedding?
(a) Mark needed to ask Moran for money.
(b) Maggie gave birth to a baby boy.
(c) Maggie wanted to update Moran and Rose about Luke.
(d) Mark and Maggie are moving back to Great Meadow for good.

11. What does Michael do that makes Nell worry?
(a) He tells Nell he loves her.
(b) He proposes marriage.
(c) He threatens to move away.
(d) He quits school early.

12. Where does Michael flee to find refuge?
(a) To Dublin to be with his sisters.
(b) To the bar so that he can drink until he forgets his problems.
(c) To New York to wait for Nell to return.
(d) To the cemetery where his real mother is buried.

13. Michael is caught flirting with Nell Morahan. What is her reputation?
(a) She is mean and rude to men.
(b) She is older and promiscuous.
(c) She is younger and immature.
(d) She is shy and rarely talks to men.

14. What is Luke doing for work in London?
(a) Luke is unemployed.
(b) Converting old houses into flats.
(c) Luke owns a small farm just like Moran.
(d) Teaching at the University.

15. How old is Michael when his sisters leave home?
(a) 25.
(b) 10.
(c) 15.
(d) 18.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maggie report about Luke?

2. What does Moran want to do when Michael returns?

3. What does Moran do when he catches Michael coming home late one night?

4. Who helps Maggie apply for positions as a nurse?

5. When Michael doesn't show up for the Rosary, where do Moran and Rose assume he is?

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