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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 Eileen do to her own hair in Chapter 26?

2. What does Eileen tell Alice she has started reading again lately?

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

4. What does Alice say she is choosing to write to Eileen about when humanity is on the cusp of extinction?

5. What does Alice tell Eileen in her email in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 25, what does Felix think of Eileen when he first meets her?

4. In Chapter 23, how does Eileen get along with Lola and Mary on Lola's wedding day?

5. What does Simon tell Eileen his father thinks of his own political views?

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

7. In Chapter 24, how are Simon and Eileen getting along when they travel to see Alice for the first time since Alice moved?

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

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

10. In Chapter 19, what does Lola tell Eileen she thinks of Simon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do Eileen's impressions of Simon's religious faith change over the course of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How does Rooney explain and/or emphasize the class differences between Felix and Alice, Eileen, and Simon? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How do the sections that are comprised of Alice's and Eileen's letters/emails affect the reader's understanding of each character? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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