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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 starts her second year of classes at Brooklyn College, what night does she see a movie with Tony?
2. What is the name of the place where Eilis sees her first baseball game?
3. What do Father Flood and his housekeeper bring Rose after she speaks to her mother on the phone in Part III, Section 2?
4. What is the name of the police officer who will keep a special watch on Mrs. Kehoe's boarding house if she removes the lock she put on the basement door?
5. What sport did Eilis's father and brothers listen to on summer Sundays?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Father Flood come to Bartocci's to speak with Eilis in Part III, Section 2?
2. What announcement does Father Flood make in Part III, Section 1?
3. What does Eilis's mother tell Eilis about Rose's death?
4. What do Tony, Maurice, and Laurence buy together, and what do they plan to do?
5. According to Miss McAdam, why did Miss Keegan leave the boarding house?
6. When Eilis moves to the room in the basement, why does she wish that she had stayed in her old bedroom?
7. Why does Eilis not spend Christmas with Tony's family in Part III, Section 2?
8. Why does Mrs. Kehoe want to speak with Eilis at the beginning of Part III, Section 1?
9. What does Miss Bartocci announce to Eilis and Miss Delano in Part III, Section 1?
10. What do Eilis and the others do during the break after two hours of the game?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The Catholic Church plays an important part in the lives of characters in the novel. How does Father Flood represent the Catholic Church in the novel? How does the role he plays show the influence that the Catholic Church has on the lives of its parishioners? How is that revealed in the everyday lives of the characters?
Essay Topic 2
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 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?
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