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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. After taking their final exams, where do Mona and Sheila leave to?
(a) London.
(b) Hong Kong.
(c) Dublin.
(d) New York.

2. What type of jobs were both Mona and Sheila offered?
(a) Working on a farm.
(b) Working in sales.
(c) Working for the government.
(d) Working with children.

3. How does Rose respond when Moran tells her that the family managed well enough before she came?
(a) She tells Moran she will have to go away from there.
(b) She suffers in silence and says nothing.
(c) She gets and frustrated and explains all the good she has done.
(d) She slaps Moran and demands and apology.

4. Whose place in the household does Rose take over?
(a) Sheila.
(b) Moran.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Mona.

5. What does Moran tell Michael to do when he finds out about his sons affair with Nell?
(a) Moran tells Michael to end the affair and go back to school or he will send him to boarding school.
(b) Moran kicks Michael out of the house and asks him never to return.
(c) Moran sends Michael to his room and tells him to take of his clothes and prepare for a beating.
(d) Moran hits Michael and informs him that the beatings will continue until the affair ends.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is the only time that Moran is seemingly happy?

2. What does Sheila question Moran about in Section 6 that makes Moran very defensive?

3. Where do Sean and Sheila get married?

4. What does Maggie report that Luke is doing in London?

5. What does Michael begin to do when he discovers he is attracted to older women?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Maggie's life changed by Rose becoming part of the family?

2. When do Luke and Moran finally reconnect?

3. What bad habits does Michael engage in once all his sisters leave the house?

4. What begins to happen to Moran physically after Maggie brings home her newborn son?

5. In Section 5, what fills the house with joy?

6. As time goes on, what becomes the most important thing in Moran's life?

7. What subject infuriates Moran and sparks a fight between he and Rose?

8. What does Mark do that Moran finds ludicrous?

9. What is it about Moran that seems to regulate the mood in the house?

10. Why is Maggie so confident when she leaves for London?

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