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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eilis want to do the afternoon after Father Flood has a memorial mass for Rose?
(a) Take a nap.
(b) Go back to work.
(c) Have lunch.
(d) Go to Tony's.

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

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

4. In Part III at the first parish dance, what instrument does an accordion player switch to when the music changes?
(a) Drums.
(b) Saxophone.
(c) Cello.
(d) Trumpet.

5. In Part III at the first parish dance, what is the first musician playing that Eilis notices?
(a) Accordian.
(b) Drums.
(c) Cello.
(d) Double bass.

6. Where does Miss Keegan go to live in Part III?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Staten Island.
(c) Manhattan.
(d) Long Island.

7. In Part III, Section 2, at what restaurant does Tony want to take Eilis to celebrate the news that she passed all her classes?
(a) Roberto's.
(b) Nathan's.
(c) Pete's.
(d) Alberto's.

8. Why does Eilis not think that Miss McAdam and Sheila Heffernan can help her pick out clothes?
(a) They are too formal and stiff in their attire.
(b) They have a horrible sense of color.
(c) They look dowdy.
(d) They are too modern and loud in their attire.

9. In Part III, Section 2, when Tony and Eilis go to Coney Island, how long is their train ride?
(a) About a half an hour.
(b) 90 minutes.
(c) 45 minutes.
(d) An hour.

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

11. In Part III, where is the special law book store that Mr. Rosenblum recommends to Eilis?
(a) East Forty-second Street.
(b) Thirty-ninth Street and Fifth Avenue.
(c) West Twenty-third Street.
(d) Twenty-second Street and Fifty-third Avenue.

12. Where is Tony waiting for Eilis when she comes back to Mrs. Kehoe's after speaking to her mother on the phone in Part III, Section 2?
(a) Front porch.
(b) Back porch.
(c) Sitting room.
(d) Kitchen.

13. 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) A baseball game.
(c) A movie.
(d) Nice restaurant.

14. At the beginning of Part III, which boarder is leaving?
(a) Patty McGuire.
(b) Diana Montini.
(c) Miss McAdam.
(d) Miss Keegan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Father Flood and his housekeeper bring Rose after she speaks to her mother on the phone in Part III, Section 2?

2. When does Eilis start to feel the fierce sharp cold and have to buy thick socks?

3. What is Delores Grace's occupation?

4. How many brothers does Tony have?

5. At the first parish dance in Part III, what does Sheila get herself and the others to drink?

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