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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Eileen say she knows Alice thinks the world ceased to be beautiful?
(a) After the fall of the Soviet Union.
(b) After WWI.
(c) After WWII.
(d) After the dot-com bust in 2003.

2. What does Eileen's father do for a living?
(a) Accountant.
(b) Landscaper.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Farmer.

3. What does Alice tell Felix in Chapter 21 that she never told him before?
(a) She thinks he should move in with her.
(b) She thinks they should get married.
(c) She is in love with him.
(d) She hates him.

4. How long has it been since Alice has written anything consequential, as she tells Eileen in her email in Chapter 22?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 3 months.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 2 years.

5. What does Eileen's text that she sends to Simon say in the end of Chapter 19?
(a) It says she will see him at the wedding.
(b) She never does send Simon a text.
(c) It says she is sorry.
(d) It says she hates him.

6. What does Eileen tell Alice she thinks happiness will look like for her?
(a) Traveling all the time and never really putting down roots.
(b) Having a lot of money.
(c) Having a house with a lot of books, near a river, and being able to take care of her parents when they get older.
(d) Being married to Simon and having many children together.

7. Where does Eileen go to a party in Chapter 19?
(a) Pimlico.
(b) Sandymount.
(c) Blackrock.
(d) The Liberties.

8. Who walks Eileen home from the party in Chapter 19?
(a) Aidan.
(b) Peter.
(c) Darah.
(d) Simon.

9. What did Alice tell Eileen she had read in the hospital during her nervous breakdown?
(a) The collected works of W.H. Auden.
(b) The Quaran.
(c) The Bible.
(d) James Joyce.

10. What does Eileen tell Alice about Lola's wedding?
(a) It was strange.
(b) It was too big.
(c) It was long.
(d) It was very beautiful.

11. In Chapter 19, what book is Eileen reading?
(a) The Dead.
(b) The Golden Bowl.
(c) Strange Things.
(d) Pride and Prejudice.

12. What do Simon and Eileen eat after having sex in Chapter 15?
(a) Pizza.
(b) Rice.
(c) Ice cream.
(d) Crackers.

13. What does Alice tell Simon she did for her mother the previous year?
(a) Paid off her mortgage.
(b) Sent her on a holiday to Jamaica.
(c) Bought her a new car.
(d) Bought her a new vacation home.

14. In Chapter 21, why does Felix not go to Alice's house for dinner?
(a) He is in a car accident.
(b) His brother insists they sort through the paperwork they need to do.
(c) He has to work late.
(d) He goes out to get drunk instead.

15. What does Felix tell Alice her life would be like if she was a little less intelligent?
(a) Shorter.
(b) Longer.
(c) Harder.
(d) Easier.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Felix's taxi driver tell him about going to Alice's house in Chapter 21?

2. What does Alice tell Eileen is the problem with a lot of museums in Paris?

3. What does Simon tell Felix he has been doing at his job for the past few months?

4. In the end of Chapter 18, what does Alice ask Eileen about?

5. What does Alice ask Eileen for in the end of Chapter 22?

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