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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the priest that Rose invites for tea in Part I?

2. What is the nationality of the man that Father Flood knows who is willing to give Eilis a job in Brooklyn?

3. How many days does Father Flood arrange for Mrs. Kehoe to pack a lunch for Eilis her first week of classes?

4. What does Miss Fortini bring Eilis after speaking to Miss Bartocci on the second day that Eilis is sad at work?

5. Why does Eilis take note of all the details in the sitting room when she has tea with Mrs. Kehoe there?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What news does Nancy have when Eilis sees her after talking to Miss Kelly about a job?

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

5. How does Eilis get a shop coat and what type does she buy?

6. What does Eilis know about Miss Kelly's store before she goes to work there?

7. What happened to Mrs. Kehoe's husband?

8. What does Miss Kelly say about her helper Mary?

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

10. What does Mrs. Kehoe like to talk about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Catholic Church plays an important part in the lives of characters in the novel. How does Father Flood represent the Catholic Church in the novel? How does the role he plays show the influence that the Catholic Church has on the lives of its parishioners? How is that revealed in the everyday lives of the characters?

Essay Topic 2

Eilis is concerned about her appearance when she lives in Brooklyn. Why does her appearance bother her? What does she think she needs assistance with to look like other girls? How does appearance change? How does that change affect her in Brooklyn and then when she returns to Ireland?

Essay Topic 3

Love is one of the themes in the novel. What types of love are represented in the story? How is familial love important to Eilis and to the plot? How does romantic love advance the plot and how does it affect Eilis’s life?

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