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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. Who washes the clothes of the girls who live at Mrs. Kehoe's?

2. What color hair does the lodger, Diana Montini, have?

3. What classes does Father Flood manage to enroll Eilis in?

4. What color dress does Georgina select for Eilis to wear when she leaves the ship?

5. Which of Eilis's brothers used to do imitation of the Sunday sermon, radio sports commentators, teachers in school, and other characters in town?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did Rose go to a seven o'clock mass, and what was it like for her?

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

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

4. What does Miss Kelly say when Eilis tells her that she is going to America?

5. What does Eilis's mother say about Miss Kelly?

6. What job does Miss Kelly offer Eilis?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The overall mood in the novel is positive. What words would you use to describe the mood in the novel? How does the mood affect the reader’s attitude toward characters?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Eilis begins spending time with Jim. Why does she spend time with him? Why does she not avoid him or tell him that she is married? How do her choices to spend time with him affect Jim and herself?

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