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

2. How old is Michael when his sisters leave home?
(a) 15.
(b) 18.
(c) 10.
(d) 25.

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

4. When is the only time that Moran is seemingly happy?
(a) During harvest season.
(b) When his children do well on their exams.
(c) When he is alone.
(d) During the Rosary.

5. What do the children tend to do when Moran gets angry?
(a) Fight back.
(b) Slip out of the room.
(c) Become withdrawn and quiet.
(d) Confront their father about his anger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What touchy subject does Moran finally ask Maggie about when she returns from London on holiday?

2. What word best describes how Moran feels about Rose going out?

3. What does Nell Morahan do for a living?

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

5. When Michael doesn't show up for the Rosary, where do Moran and Rose assume he is?

Short Essay Questions

1. When do Luke and Moran finally reconnect?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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