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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. Who does Father Flood announce will play for a dance in Part III?

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

3. Who will attend Rose's mass in Brooklyn with Eilis?

4. Who does Eilis attend the first parish dance with in Part III?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How is Eilis able to speak with her mother after Rose's death?

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

9. How does Eilis feel as she watches her first baseball game?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Eilis is concerned about her appearance when she lives in Brooklyn. Why does her appearance bother her? What does she think she needs assistance with to look like other girls? How does appearance change? How does that change affect her in Brooklyn and then when she returns to Ireland?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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