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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. Where are Tony's parents from?
2. In Part III, what day of the week does Father Flood decide to hold dances?
3. What time does Eilis leave for the first parish dance in Part III?
4. In Part III, Section 2, what time does Father Flood plan to say a mass for Rose?
5. In Part III, where is the special law book store that Mr. Rosenblum recommends to Eilis?
Short Essay Questions
1. What announcement does Father Flood make in Part III, Section 1?
2. According to Miss McAdam, why did Miss Keegan leave the boarding house?
3. How is Eilis able to speak with her mother after Rose's death?
4. What does Miss Bartocci announce to Eilis and Miss Delano in Part III, Section 1?
5. When Eilis moves to the room in the basement, why does she wish that she had stayed in her old bedroom?
6. Why does Eilis not spend Christmas with Tony's family in Part III, Section 2?
7. Who is the new boarder who takes Eilis's old room in Part III, Section 1?
8. What does Eilis learn about Mr. Rosenblum in the special law bookstore?
9. What does Mrs. Kehoe say about dances held in the parish hall after the war?
10. Why does Father Flood come to Bartocci's to speak with Eilis in Part III, Section 2?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Eilis spends her first Christmas at the parish hall. Why does Eilis spend her first Christmas in Brooklyn at the parish hall? Does she have other opportunities to spend her second Christmas than going to the parish hall? What does she choose to do and why does she make that decision?
Essay Topic 2
Eilis is hesitant about Tony as they begin to see one another. What does she want from a relationship when they meet? How does their relationship develop? How do Eilis’s feelings about Tony grow and develop? How do those feeling influence the decisions that she makes?
Essay Topic 3
Eilis keeps her relationship and marriage with Tony a secret. Why does no one in Ireland know that she has been seeing Tony? How does Eilis decision to keep the relationship a secret cause her problems and influence her thinking?
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