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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. How is Rose handling Moran's possible death?
(a) She has not given it any thought.
(b) She is acting like it won't ever happen.
(c) She is quietly preparing for it.
(d) She is frantic.

2. Why is growing frail so hard for Moran?
(a) He wants to re-enlist in the IRA.
(b) He is not growing frail at all.
(c) He is used to being in control.
(d) He can no longer work on the farm.

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

4. Why does Moran constantly protest that nobody cares for him?
(a) So that his neighbors will have pity on him.
(b) Because nobody actually does care about him.
(c) To secure the attention of his daughters.
(d) So that McQuaid will stay longer.

5. What word best describes Moran's feelings about the wedding?
(a) Anger.
(b) Apathy.
(c) Frustration.
(d) Happiness.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the daughters reacting to Moran's possible death?

2. What does Moran praise McQuaid for?

3. How do the children react to Rose?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the relationship between Moran and McQuaid.

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

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

6. What does McQuaid mean when he says, "Some people can not bear to come in second"?

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

8. What does Moran realize as McQuaid leaves the house?

9. Why do the girls try so desperately to move Moran's attention away from Luke?

10. Why is it important that Moran's aging and increasing weakness is foreshadowed in Section 1 of the book?

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