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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) Loving.
(b) Vulgar.
(c) Strict.
(d) Untrusting.

2. What business has made McQuaid so successful after the war?
(a) The used car business.
(b) The cattle business.
(c) Farming potatos.
(d) The stock market.

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

4. The last true observance of Monaghan Day also marks the end of a relationship between which two characters?
(a) McQuaid and Maggie.
(b) Moran and McQuaid.
(c) Moran and Maggie.
(d) Moran and Rose.

5. What type of work did Rose do before she returned to Ireland?
(a) Construction.
(b) Domestic.
(c) Retail.
(d) Sales.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The once strong Moran is now dealing with the irony of what?

3. Where did Rose work prior to returning to Ireland?

4. What do the locals begin to gossip about in Section 3?

5. How do the children react to Rose?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Moran's feelings about Rose during their post office courtship?

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

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

4. Describe the relationship between Rose and Moran's children.

5. What is the girls' plan for making their father feel better?

6. How does McQuaid compliment Moran's daughters during his visit?

7. Why do the Moran's daughters come home to Great Meadow?

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

9. What was Rose's first impression of Moran?

10. Why does Rose stop going to the evening mail group?

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