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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 does Felix tell Alice her life would be like if she was a little less intelligent?

2. What does Simon say he and his father do not see eye-to-eye on?

3. What does Eileen's text that she sends to Simon say in the end of Chapter 19?

4. What does Eileen reference to Alice from her earlier message in Chapter 16?

5. What is Eileen's father's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens between Eileen and Simon on Lola's wedding day?

2. How does Alice react when Felix turns up at her house and falls asleep on the couch for two hours?

3. How does Eileen feel when she reads her diary from years earlier in Chapter 16?

4. Why is Alice embarrassed to tell Eileen about sleeping with Felix?

5. What does Alice tell Eileen about the after-effects of her last relationship?

6. Why does Eileen become very upset with Simon in Chapter 19?

7. In Chapter 26, what does Simon tell Felix that greatly surprises Eileen?

8. In Chapter 17, what does Felix do after getting a text from Damian?

9. In Chapter 20, what reference does Eileen make in her letter to Alice about the Soviet Union?

10. What does Eileen think she would want to tell God if she believed in God?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does going to Rome together change Felix's and Alice's relationship? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay describing the language and tone Rooney uses throughout the novel.

Essay Topic 3

What tensions arise when Eileen and Simon come to visit Alice for the first time? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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