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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What business has made McQuaid so successful after the war?

3. What do the locals begin to gossip about in Section 3?

4. Despite having less money and worldly possessions; what makes Moran feel superior to McQuaid?

5. How does the Moran family react to Rose?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Moran angry that more than half his children left Ireland to work in England?

2. What conclusion does Moran come to about Rose Brady?

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

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

5. What was Rose's first impression of Moran?

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

7. In Section 1, what seems to foreshadow a change of power between the family members?

8. Why is money a sensitive subject between Moran and McQuaid?

9. How did Rose meet Moran?

10. What does McQuaid mean when he says, "Some people can not bear to come in second"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Rising action is the events that lead up to the climax.

1. Identify the rising action of the novel.

2. Explain why this is the rising action.

3. Discuss why the rising action is an important element in story telling.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Moran from the beginning of the novel to the end. Does he change? If so, is it a positive change or a negative one and why? If you don't believe he changed; explain whether or not you think he needed to. Use examples from the novel to support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Amongst Women focuses heavily on a few male characters, but it is their interactions with women that make for the most interesting parts of the novel. The female characters evolve quite a bit throughout the novel. Discuss the change the female characters go through. Describe their role at the beginning and compare it to their role at the end. How is it different? Why did it change?

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