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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Michael go instead of going to school?
(a) Michael travels back to Dublin.
(b) Michael tries to find Nell.
(c) Michael skips school to go to a bar.
(d) Michael travels to London to find Luke.

3. Why do Maggie, Mona, and Sheila all return home?
(a) Moran's birthday.
(b) They heard Michael was getting into trouble.
(c) The Christmas holiday.
(d) Rose asked them to visit.

4. Whose place in the household does Rose take over?
(a) Moran.
(b) Mona.
(c) Sheila.
(d) Maggie.

5. Who visits Moran and Rose every other weekend?
(a) Sheila and Mona.
(b) McQuaid and O'Leary.
(c) The new maid service.
(d) Luke and Michael.

6. 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.

7. What does Michael do when Moran lunges at him?
(a) Michael avoids the lunge and escapes the house.
(b) Michael gets hit and cries in the corner.
(c) Michael swings back and breaks Moran's nose.
(d) Michael wrestles Moran to the ground and the two stop when Rose comes in.

8. As Moran seems to lose his spark for life, what is it that he mentions he feels betrayed by?
(a) How fast the years have gone by.
(b) How boring life has been after the war.
(c) Rose who seems to like his children more than him.
(d) His two sons who left him.

9. What does Moran eye during the fight that makes Michael nervous?
(a) Michael's suitcase.
(b) The Rosary beads.
(c) The shotgun.
(d) A kitchen knife.

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

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

12. Sheila and Mona send a note to Moran and Rose telling them that Michael is where?
(a) London.
(b) New York.
(c) Dublin.
(d) Lost.

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

14. What is the relationship between Maggie and Mark O'Donoghue?
(a) They are secretly engaged.
(b) They are former lovers and now friends.
(c) They are strangers.
(d) They are co-workers and have never gotten along.

15. What does Moran spread across the fields?
(a) Water.
(b) Pesticides.
(c) Seeds.
(d) Lime.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Michael do that shocks the girls and allows them to see him in a different light?

2. What petty thing sparks a fight between Moran and Michael?

3. What does Sheila desperately want to study, but Moran will not allow it?

4. What about Mark shocks Mona and Sheila?

5. What does young Michael get when Rose and Moran begin sharing a room?

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