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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Patrick get Charlie to keep her company?
(a) A journal.
(b) A picture of himself.
(c) A cat.
(d) A dog.

2. What does the family smell in Chapter 44?
(a) Manure.
(b) Dinner.
(c) Potpourri.
(d) Chanel No. 19.

3. What frightens Patrick about Vernon in Chapter 35?
(a) He fears Vernon is a member of the IRA.
(b) He fears Vernon will tell the police.
(c) He fears Vernon will be like Silky String.
(d) He fears Vernon knows Father Bernard.

4. Where is the figure Whiskers points to in Chapter 43?
(a) The banks of a river.
(b) The edge of the sea.
(c) The mountainside.
(d) The top of a hill.

5. In Chapter 33, what do the Bergins do one Saturday night?
(a) Go for a long walk.
(b) Listen to the radio.
(c) Play cards.
(d) Take a drive along the shore.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pat McGrane do every Thursday?

2. In Chapter 38, what do the police think about Patrick?

3. What does Patrick do to Mulvey's in Chapter 49?

4. Where does Pat McGrane work?

5. At the end of Chapter 53, what bothers Patrick?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Patrick discover about Charlie when he returns to Tyreelin?

2. As a client, what does Vernon request of Patrick?

3. What does Patrick reveal to Louise in Chapter 31?

4. Chapter 33, how does Patrick describe Eily's decision after finding how she was pregnant?

5. In Chapter 39, what role does Patrick play in his vision of the bombing?

6. What does Patrick do in Chapter 53 to try to feel loved?

7. In Chapter 36, what does Patrick do in West End?

8. How does Patrick spend his days in Chapter 56?

9. What does Patrick write about in Chapter 32?

10. In Chapter 54, what makes Patrick so angry and how does he respond?

(see the answer keys)

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