View a FREE sample

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, at what restaurant does Tony want to take Eilis to celebrate the news that she passed all her classes?

2. How did Rose die?

3. What is one of the songs the musicians play at the dance when Eilis meets Tony?

4. If Eilis passes her exams, how long will it probably be before she can have a job in the office at Bartocci's?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Eilis go to see Father Flood at the beginning of Part III, Section 2?

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

6. What does Eilis's mother tell Eilis about Rose's death?

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

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

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

10. What is Eilis's new room like in Part III, Section 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 908 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample