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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. How many houses do Tony, Maurice, and Laurence plan to build on the land they buy?

2. How long will it take Eilis each way if she goes to Ireland for a visit?

3. In Part III, Section 2, why does Father Flood come to Bartocci's to speak with Eilis?

4. In Part III at the first parish dance, what is the first musician playing that Eilis notices?

5. What color stockings are going to be sold at Bartocci's store in Part III?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What announcement does Father Flood make in Part III, Section 1?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

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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