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

2. How does Moran feel about Monaghan Days of past?
(a) He feels they are a good excuse to party.
(b) They have no special meaning to him.
(c) They mean the world to him.
(d) He feels it is a waste of time and effort.

3. What does Moran complain about after asking Rose to marry him?
(a) Giving up the single life.
(b) Rose's cooking.
(c) Paying for the reception.
(d) Living with another woman.

4. What topic threatens to sour the mood of Moran?
(a) The Republic of Ireland.
(b) Luke.
(c) Rose.
(d) The war.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word best describes Rose's mothers feelings about the marriage?

2. Which character heads to bed early by pretending to be sick?

3. What does Moran praise McQuaid for?

4. Why does Rose stop going to the post office?

5. What seems to be foreshadowed about Moran's health in the first few paragraphs of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does McQuaid leave Great Meadow early?

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

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

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

5. What makes the girls tense when Moran and McQuaid are talking?

6. What is Rose Brady's background prior to meeting Moran?

7. Describe McQuaid's language towards his wife.

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

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

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

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