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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word best describes the language McQuaid uses around his wife?
(a) Strict.
(b) Untrusting.
(c) Vulgar.
(d) Loving.

2. What term is used to describe the rumors floating around about Moran?
(a) "Hushed secrets".
(b) "False assumptions".
(c) "Dark mutterings".
(d) "Eloborate tales".

3. Why does Rose make a habit of joining the evening mail group?
(a) To make sure her mail is not lost.
(b) So that she can learn how to be a mail carrier.
(c) To make conversation with Moran.
(d) So that she has an excuse to leave the house.

4. What does McQuaid find overbearing about Moran's personality?
(a) Moran's regret about post-war Ireland.
(b) Moran's constant need to be right.
(c) Moran's treatment of women.
(d) Moran's praise of his children.

5. What is Rose's last name?
(a) Brady.
(b) Lawson.
(c) O'Donnell.
(d) McGuinley.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Moran family react to Rose?

2. What does McQuaid drink instead of the tea the girls make?

3. What does Moran realize about Rose once McQuaid leaves Great Meadows?

4. What topic threatens to sour the mood of Moran?

5. What is Moran's first name?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Moran feel about marrying Rose?

2. Why is Moran ill tempered at the beginning of Section 2?

3. Why is Moran angry that more than half his children left Ireland to work in England?

4. How did Rose meet Moran?

5. Name one way in that Moran and Rose are very different.

6. In Section 1, what seems to foreshadow a change of power between the family members?

7. What is the importance of the ritual of the Rosary?

8. What conclusion does Moran come to about Rose Brady?

9. Why does Moran speak so highly about the war?

10. Describe the relationship between Moran and McQuaid.

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