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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. When Eilis shows Tony her letter from Brooklyn College in Part III, Section 2, where does he want to go to celebrate?
2. What time does Tony pick Eilis up from the boarding house the first time he meets her there?
3. 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?
4. At what friend's house did Mrs. Kehoe once watch a baseball game?
5. What day of the week does Eilis go to the special law book store in Part III?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is the new boarder who takes Eilis's old room in Part III, Section 1?
2. What does Eilis's mother tell Eilis about Rose's death?
3. What announcement does Father Flood make in Part III, Section 1?
4. How does Eilis feel as she watches her first baseball game?
5. What is Eilis's new room like in Part III, Section 1?
6. Why does Mrs. Kehoe want to speak with Eilis at the beginning of Part III, Section 1?
7. What do Tony, Maurice, and Laurence buy together, and what do they plan to do?
8. How does Tony treat Eilis at the first baseball game they attend together?
9. According to Miss McAdam, why did Miss Keegan leave the boarding house?
10. What does Mrs. Kehoe say about dances held in the parish hall after the war?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Tony and Eilis marry before she returns for a visit to Ireland. Why does Tony want them to marry before Eilis returns? Is Tony right in his thinking?
Essay Topic 2
There are internal and external conflicts in the novel. Are there more internal or external conflicts? How do these conflicts advance the plot and influence characters?
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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