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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part III, Section 2, who does Tony say they will get revenge on during the first baseball game Tony takes Eilis to?
(a) Bobby Thomson.
(b) Pee Wee Reese.
(c) Jackie Robinson.
(d) Preacher Roe.

2. When does Eilis start to feel the fierce sharp cold and have to buy thick socks?
(a) November.
(b) February.
(c) January.
(d) December.

3. How long will it take Eilis each way if she goes to Ireland for a visit?
(a) Four to five days.
(b) Seven to eight days.
(c) Five to six days.
(d) Nine to ten days.

4. What color hair and eyes does Tony have?
(a) Red hair and green eyes.
(b) Black hair and hazel eyes.
(c) Brown hair and brown eyes.
(d) Blonde hair and blue eyes.

5. What color stockings are going to be sold at Bartocci's store in Part III?
(a) Beige.
(b) Red Fox, Sepia, and Coffee.
(c) Black fox, taupe, and chocolate.
(d) Brownish-black.

6. At what friend's house did Mrs. Kehoe once watch a baseball game?
(a) Mrs. Murphy.
(b) Mrs. Waters.
(c) Miss Peters.
(d) Miss Scanlan.

7. When Eilis starts her second year of classes at Brooklyn College, what night does she see a movie with Tony?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Saturday.

8. Where do Tony and Eilis spend the night after Eilis receives her first letter from home after Rose's death?
(a) Tony's family's apartment.
(b) Father Flood's parish hall.
(c) A hotel.
(d) Eilis's room.

9. When Eilis shows Tony her letter from Brooklyn College in Part III, Section 2, where does he want to go to celebrate?
(a) Coney Island.
(b) Nice restaurant.
(c) A movie.
(d) A baseball game.

10. What type of dancing does Patty want to sit out in Part III?
(a) Set.
(b) Jig.
(c) Ceili.
(d) Reel.

11. Who does Father Flood announce will play for a dance in Part III?
(a) The Dubliners.
(b) Dropkick Murphys.
(c) Pat Sullivan's Harp and Shamrock Orchestra.
(d) Gaelic Storm.

12. What does Mrs. Kehoe bring Tony and Father Flood when Eilis returns to the boarding house after speaking to her mother on the phone in Part III, Section 2?
(a) Sandwiches and tea.
(b) Cookies and lemonade.
(c) Sandwiches and lemonade.
(d) Cookies and coffee.

13. In what direction is the special law book store located from Fifth Avenue?
(a) South.
(b) East.
(c) West.
(d) North.

14. If Eilis passes her exams, how long will it probably be before she can have a job in the office at Bartocci's?
(a) Seven months.
(b) Three months.
(c) Nine months.
(d) Six months.

15. In Part III, what is the only subject Eilis is struggling with during her night classes?
(a) Law lectures.
(b) Advanced mathematics.
(c) Accounting.
(d) Bookkeeping.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eilis's mother say that Rose had been seeing a doctor for?

2. Where is Miss Delano from?

3. What is the name of the police officer who will keep a special watch on Mrs. Kehoe's boarding house if she removes the lock she put on the basement door?

4. During Eilis's first baseball game, when is there a break when she and the others can go to the bathroom and get food and drinks?

5. In Part III, Section 2, when Tony and Eilis go to Coney Island, how long is their train ride?

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