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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 does Michael do that makes Nell worry?
(a) He tells Nell he loves her.
(b) He threatens to move away.
(c) He quits school early.
(d) He proposes marriage.

2. What about Mark shocks Mona and Sheila?
(a) His crude language.
(b) His fashion and appearance.
(c) His lack of manners toward Rose and Moran.
(d) His quiet and shy personality.

3. Who does Sheila invite to the wedding without consulting anyone?
(a) Michael.
(b) Luke.
(c) Her ex-boyfriend.
(d) McQuaid.

4. What does Michael borrow from Nell?
(a) Her car.
(b) Train fare.
(c) New clothes.
(d) Her passport.

5. Where does Mark go every night to "escape" when he is staying at Great Meadow?
(a) His car.
(b) The barn.
(c) The pub.
(d) Maggie's bedroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Sheila and Sean go back to the house while the rest of the family is pitching in with the haymaking?

2. That winter what announcement does Sheila make?

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

4. Who else in the family also advocated for Maggie to leave and train as a nurse?

5. What nightly ritual does Rose become involved in?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does the family respond to Maggie's fiance, Mark O'Donaghue?

4. Why is Moran threatened by Rose?

5. Why does Moran make the entire family join him in the ritual of the Rosary?

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

7. How does Moran respond to Michael's new way of life?

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

9. What does Moran do when he finds out Michael quit school?

10. What does Mark do that Moran finds ludicrous?

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