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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 Patrick's mother say Patrick must learn to do in Chapter 42?

2. What are the priests doing in Chapter 32?

3. Where do Horse and Jackie take Irwin in Chapter 46?

4. What does Father Bernard dream about in Chapter 32?

5. What does Pat McGrane do every Thursday?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do the detectives think of Patrick in Chapter 40?

3. How does the Lurex Avenger appear in Chapter 43?

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

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

6. In Chapter 53, what happens after three visits to Mulvey's?

7. In Chapter 49, what happens to Mulvey's?

8. How does Patrick confront Father Bernard in Chapter 48?

9. What hallucination does Patrick have in Chapter 41?

10. What happens when Patrick goes to see Terence in Chapter 56?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the Irish civil war affect this novel? Choose three characters and explain how the war affected them, defined their character and had an impact on their plot lines.

Essay Topic 2

Patrick is advised by Terence to write short stories. Select three of Patrick's short stories and compare and contrast them in terms of theme, plot, and message.

Essay Topic 3

Patrick seems unable to forgive. Define the things that Patrick is trying to forgive. How does he fail at forgiveness? How does this influence him?

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