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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. Sheila and Mona send a note to Moran and Rose telling them that Michael is where?
(a) Lost.
(b) London.
(c) Dublin.
(d) New York.

2. What does Young Michael tend to?
(a) The household chores.
(b) Rose's flower garden.
(c) The family pet.
(d) The farm animals.

3. How does Maggie fill her time since she no longer has household chores to do?
(a) Explores the farm.
(b) Listens to the radio.
(c) Studies for her nursing exams.
(d) Goes out at night to dances.

4. What is the relationship between Maggie and Mark O'Donoghue?
(a) They are secretly engaged.
(b) They are strangers.
(c) They are co-workers and have never gotten along.
(d) They are former lovers and now friends.

5. What does Sheila desperately want to study, but Moran will not allow it?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Law.
(c) Accounting.
(d) Teaching.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Moran want to do when Michael returns?

2. Where do Sean and Sheila get married?

3. What does Mark O'Donoghue do for work in London?

4. Why does young Michael cry during the ritual of the Rosary?

5. After taking their final exams, where do Mona and Sheila leave to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the children appreciate Rose as a new addition to the family?

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

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

4. What does Mark do that Moran finds ludicrous?

5. Where does Michael go to escape his father's wrath?

6. What do Moran and Rose think when Michael isn't present for the Rosary?

7. How does Moran respond when he is questioned about threatening Michael with his gun?

8. Why is Moran out of sorts the morning after he fights with Rose?

9. Why is Moran threatened by Rose?

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

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