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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Mark go every night to "escape" when he is staying at Great Meadow?
(a) The pub.
(b) Maggie's bedroom.
(c) The barn.
(d) His car.

2. What does Mark O'Donoghue do for work in London?
(a) He is a police officer.
(b) He is a construction worker.
(c) He is unemployed.
(d) He is an accountant.

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

4. What word best describes how Moran feels about Rose going out?
(a) Threatened.
(b) Angry.
(c) Happy.
(d) Scared.

5. What does Moran do when he catches Michael coming home late one night?
(a) Hits him with a dictionary.
(b) Strikes him around the head.
(c) Yells at him until morning.
(d) Bans Michael from Great Meadow.

6. What does Michael borrow from Nell?
(a) Train fare.
(b) Her passport.
(c) Her car.
(d) New clothes.

7. What petty thing sparks a fight between Moran and Michael?
(a) Michael's tendancy to come home late smelling of alcohol.
(b) Moran's impolite nicknames for Moran and Nell.
(c) The way Michael folds the laundry.
(d) The way Michael pushes the salt shaker to Moran.

8. Who do the girls always bring Rose information about?
(a) Luke and Michael.
(b) Moran's first wife.
(c) McQuaid.
(d) Rose's family in Scotland.

9. Why does young Michael cry during the ritual of the Rosary?
(a) He does not believe in the Rosary.
(b) He is afraid of Moran.
(c) He misses his sisters.
(d) He hurt his back tending to the garden.

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

11. Who does Sheila invite to the wedding without consulting anyone?
(a) Luke.
(b) McQuaid.
(c) Her ex-boyfriend.
(d) Michael.

12. What touchy subject does Moran finally ask Maggie about when she returns from London on holiday?
(a) Luke.
(b) Her studies.
(c) His marriage to Rose.
(d) Her boyfriends.

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

14. What about Mark shocks Mona and Sheila?
(a) His crude language.
(b) His fashion and appearance.
(c) His quiet and shy personality.
(d) His lack of manners toward Rose and Moran.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Moran spread across the fields?

2. Why do Sheila and Sean go back to the house while the rest of the family is pitching in with the haymaking?

3. On the way home from the wedding, what does Moran make everyone do in the car to save time?

4. Where does Rose advocate Maggie to go to train as a nurse?

5. What do Moran and Rose do instead of attending Maggie's wedding?

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