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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. What is Delores Grace's occupation?
(a) Scrubber.
(b) Shop girl.
(c) Secretary.
(d) Teacher.

2. 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?
(a) One and a half minutes.
(b) Three hours.
(c) One hour.
(d) Two hours.

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

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

5. What day of the week did Miss Keegan usually light a fire at the boarding house?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Saturday.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much time does Eilis want Father Flood to ask the Bartoccis for an unpaid leave while she goes to Ireland?

2. What is Mr. Rosenblum's first name?

3. What color stockings are going to be sold at Bartocci's store in Part III?

4. Why does Eilis not think that Miss McAdam and Sheila Heffernan can help her pick out clothes?

5. What is the priest's name who hears Eilis's confession after she and Tony sleep together?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What all does Eilis buy for her trip to Coney Island with Tony?

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

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

5. Who is the new boarder who takes Eilis's old room in Part III, Section 1?

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

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

8. According to Miss McAdam, why did Miss Keegan leave the boarding house?

9. How is Eilis able to speak with her mother after Rose's death?

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

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