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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 days will Eilis go to her classes at Brooklyn College?

2. What college does Father Flood want to try to get Eilis to attend?

3. What type of business does Jim Farrell's father own?

4. On what street is Mrs. Kehoe's boarding house?

5. What does Eilis buy her brothers for Christmas?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are the first things that Eilis does when she gets to Bartocci's in the morning?

4. Who is Father Flood?

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

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

7. What is the "Famous Nylon Sale" at Bartocci's?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Enniscorthy, Eilis has a certain future in store for her. What future would Eilis have had if she had stayed in Enniscorthy? Why does everyone believe that she has a better future in America? How do Eilis’s opportunities increase as she moves to Brooklyn, and how do those opportunities affect the person she is and becomes?

Essay Topic 2

Eilis leaves her close-knit community in Ireland to immigrate to America. How does growing up in the community of Enniscorthy make Eilis the person she has become? How is a new community created around her in America? How does that community help grow and mature?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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