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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. How many lodgers are at Mrs. Kehoe's boarding house other thanEilis?
(a) Eight.
(b) Ten.
(c) Five.
(d) Six.

2. Where is Eilis's landlady from?
(a) Enniscorthy.
(b) Ballymoney.
(c) Marshalstown.
(d) Wexford.

3. At Mrs. Kehoe's, what type of frames around picture in the sitting room?
(a) Cherry.
(b) Oak.
(c) Walnut.
(d) Gold.

4. How many years will Eilis need to attend Brooklyn College to get a good job?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

5. When does Rose go to Dublin for sales to buy clothes?
(a) January and August.
(b) February and September.
(c) April and November.
(d) May and December.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is to pay for Eilis's passage to America?

2. Who washes the clothes of the girls who live at Mrs. Kehoe's?

3. Where does Eilis go for a physical so she can travel to America?

4. The night after Eilis's first sale at Bartocci's, what are Patty and Diana modeling that they just purchased?

5. What color hair does the lodger, Diana Montini, have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the system for laundering clothes at Mrs. Kehoe's boarding house?

2. What hours and days of the week is Eilis to work and does she get any benefits?

3. How does Miss Fortini act when when she notices that Eilis is sad?

4. When did Rose go to a seven o'clock mass, and what was it like for her?

5. What is Eilis's room like on the ship that takes her to America?

6. What does Eilis's mother say about Miss Kelly?

7. What does Miss Kelly give Eilis when she has her come in and work an extra day in the shop?

8. What classes does Father Flood help Eilis enroll in?

9. How does Eilis feel after receiving her first three letters from home?

10. What is Miss McAdam, one of Mrs. Kehoe's boarders like?

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