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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. 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?

2. What color hair and eyes does Tony have?

3. What does Tony do for a living?

4. How old are the first colored women who shop at Bartocci's in Part III?

5. Where are Tony's parents from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mr. Rosenblum suggest Eilis do when she asks him if there is anything she can read to prepared for the final exam?

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

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

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

5. Why does Father Flood come to Bartocci's to speak with Eilis in Part III, Section 2?

6. Why does Eilis not spend Christmas with Tony's family in Part III, Section 2?

7. What does Eilis learn about Mr. Rosenblum in the special law bookstore?

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

9. Why does Eilis not have to pay for her tuition for Brooklyn College?

10. What do Tony, Maurice, and Laurence buy together, and what do they plan to do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Eilis is suddenly struck by homesickness several weeks after being in America. What brings on her homesickness? How does it affect her? How is she able to deal with homesickness and acclimate to being in America?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Individuals serve as a surrogate family for Eilis. Who becomes a surrogate family for Eilis once she comes to America? How do each of these individuals help her make the adjustment to living in the United States?

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