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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 is Eily short for?

2. In Chapter 53, how often does Patrick go to Mulvey's?

3. In Chapter 42, what does Patrick talk to Eily about?

4. Whom does Patrick fall in love with in Chapter 52?

5. What day of the week is it in Chapter 48?

Short Essay Questions

1. What hallucination does Patrick have in Chapter 41?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Charlie react to the news about Squire in Chapter 55?

9. How does Patrick feel about being released from police custody?

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

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

Compare and contrast the development of three characters from this novel. Consider their emotional, physical, and psychological development.

Essay Topic 3

How does Patrick's gender confusion develop his character? How does it affect his relationships with other people? When is his gender confusion helpful to him and when does it harm him? Why do you think the author had Patrick deal with issues of gender confusion?

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