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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. In Part III, Section 2, what time does Father Flood plan to say a mass for Rose?

2. Where do Tony, Maurice, and Laurence buy a plot of land?

3. How many brothers does Tony have?

4. What day of the week does Eilis go to the special law book store in Part III?

5. In Part III, Section 2, when Tony and Eilis go to Coney Island, how long is their train ride?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Miss Bartocci announce to Eilis and Miss Delano in Part III, Section 1?

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

4. What advice to Diana and Patty give Eilis before she goes to Coney Island with Tony?

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

6. What do Eilis and the others do during the break after two hours of the game?

7. When Eilis moves to the room in the basement, why does she wish that she had stayed in her old bedroom?

8. Why does Mrs. Kehoe want to speak with Eilis at the beginning of Part III, Section 1?

9. According to Miss McAdam, why did Miss Keegan leave the boarding house?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Eilis discovers who she is as she lives in America. What discoveries does Eilis make about herself? How do those discoveries help her to grow and mature? Why is her self-discovery an important theme in the book?

Essay Topic 2

The setting is important to the storyline. In what way are the different settings important to the story? How do the different settings seem to affect characters? How does setting influence the atmosphere of the book? How does it influence the plot?

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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