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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eileen tell Alice she did with the novel The Golden Bowl when she was finished with it?
(a) Gave it to someone she liked.
(b) Burned it.
(c) She was never able to finish it.
(d) Threw it across the room.

2. When does Simon tell Eileen he first asked her out in Chapter 19?
(a) August.
(b) June.
(c) February.
(d) April.

3. What text does Eileen show Simon in Chapter 15?
(a) A mean one from Lola.
(b) A strange one from Alice.
(c) One from her father.
(d) A nice one from Aidan.

4. 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.

5. What color is Eileen's dress for Lola's wedding?
(a) Black.
(b) Green.
(c) White.
(d) Red.

6. What does Eileen reference to Alice from her earlier message in Chapter 16?
(a) A novel by W.H. Auden.
(b) Alice's own novel.
(c) The Bronze Age collapse.
(d) A novel by Jane Austen.

7. What does Alice say she is choosing to write to Eileen about when humanity is on the cusp of extinction?
(a) Money.
(b) Traveling.
(c) Suspicion.
(d) Sex and friendship.

8. In Chapter 18, why was Alice in Paris?
(a) To pick up an award.
(b) To go on vacation.
(c) To see her old friend.
(d) To visit her sister.

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

10. Why does Alice say she serves Felix dinner last in Chapter 25?
(a) Felix was late.
(b) Felix is not really her boyfriend.
(c) Felix is never really hungry.
(d) Simon and Eileen are her guests of honor.

11. What does Simon tell Felix he has been doing at his job for the past few months?
(a) Trying to get new laws protecting renters.
(b) Trying to get a new nature preserve going outside of Dublin.
(c) Trying to help keep a food bank funded.
(d) Trying to help refugees.

12. What does Eileen tell Simon is wrong with her apartment?
(a) The door lock is broken.
(b) No hot water for a shower.
(c) The heating is broken.
(d) The window lock is broken.

13. Who does Alice talk on the phone to in Chapter 17 that Felix walks in on her conversation with?
(a) James.
(b) Daniel.
(c) Richard.
(d) Lewis.

14. In Chapter 21, where do Alice and Felix go for the night?
(a) Felix's house.
(b) The beach.
(c) A hotel.
(d) Alice's house.

15. 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 Bible.
(c) James Joyce.
(d) The Quaran.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alice tell Simon she did for her mother the previous year?

2. What does Alice tell Eileen Jesus's example makes her feel like?

3. What does Felix think of Eileen?

4. Why does Eileen tell Alice she declined to write many essays again after her first one from a few years ago?

5. What do Alice, Felix, Simon and Eileen do in Chapter 26?

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