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

2. What is the priest's name who hears Eilis's confession after she and Tony sleep together?
(a) Marcus.
(b) david.
(c) Peter.
(d) Anthony.

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

4. What does Mrs. Kehoe do after Eilis and Tony sleep together?
(a) Asks Eilis to leave.
(b) Puts a lock on the basement door.
(c) Refuses to speak to Eilis.
(d) Makes Eilis move to a different room.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part III at the first parish dance, what instrument does an accordion player switch to when the music changes?

2. In Part III, where is the special law book store that Mr. Rosenblum recommends to Eilis?

3. What is the name of Eilis's mother's priest?

4. In Part III, Section 2, what time does Father Flood plan to say a mass for Rose?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part III, Section 1, why does Eilis edit what she writes home in her letters?

2. What does Eilis learn about Mr. Rosenblum in the special law bookstore?

3. What advice to Diana and Patty give Eilis before she goes to Coney Island with Tony?

4. What do Eilis and the others do during the break after two hours of the game?

5. How does Eilis feel as she watches her first baseball game?

6. What does Eilis's mother tell Eilis about Rose's death?

7. When Eilis moves to the room in the basement, why does she wish that she had stayed in her old bedroom?

8. What does Mrs. Kehoe say about dances held in the parish hall after the war?

9. What does Eilis do to avoid the second parish dance in Part III, Section 1?

10. Why does Father Flood come to Bartocci's to speak with Eilis in Part III, Section 2?

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