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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. Which two characters prepare the house for the big celebration?

2. What does Moran realize about McQuaid once his stay is over?

3. Other than love, what is a possible reason for Rose to marry Moran?

4. How does Moran react when the girls bring up some of the stories they have heard spoken of about Monaghan Days past?

5. Where did Rose work prior to returning to Ireland?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Moran speak so highly about the war?

2. Explain Rose's role in the Moran family.

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

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

5. Why do the Moran's daughters come home to Great Meadow?

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

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

8. How did Rose meet Moran?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Compare and contrast the protagonist and antagonist of the novel. This will involve not only identifying both the protagonist and antagonist, but also supporting your choices with evidence from the novel. Once you have done this, compare and contrast the two characters.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss what you think the moral of the novel might be?

1. Support your analysis with examples from the novel.

2. Make sure to look at both what the reader can glean from the novel as well as what the characters in the story might have learned.

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