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

2. 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) An hour.
(c) 45 minutes.
(d) 90 minutes.

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

4. What time does Tony pick Eilis up from the boarding house the first time he meets her there?
(a) 8:30.
(b) 7:30.
(c) 7:00.
(d) 8:00.

5. What sport did Eilis's father and brothers listen to on summer Sundays?
(a) Football.
(b) Hurling.
(c) Rounders.
(d) Baseball.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many houses do Tony, Maurice, and Laurence plan to build on the land they buy?

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

3. Where does Miss Keegan go to live in Part III?

4. In Part III, what is the only subject Eilis is struggling with during her night classes?

5. By the end of Part III, Section 1, how many times a week is Eilis having lunch with Miss Fortini?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Tony treat Eilis at the first baseball game they attend together?

3. Why does Eilis not have to pay for her tuition for Brooklyn College?

4. What does Miss Bartocci announce to Eilis and Miss Delano in Part III, Section 1?

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

6. Why does Eilis not spend Christmas with Tony's family in Part III, Section 2?

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

8. What does Mr. Rosenblum suggest Eilis do when she asks him if there is anything she can read to prepared for the final exam?

9. What do Tony, Maurice, and Laurence buy together, and what do they plan to do?

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

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