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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. What time of day does Eilis go to see Tony after receiving her first letter from home after Rose's death?
2. What type of dancing does Patty want to sit out in Part III?
3. What day of the week does Eilis go to the special law book store in Part III?
4. During Eilis's first baseball game, when is there a break when she and the others can go to the bathroom and get food and drinks?
5. What color hair does Delores Grace have?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Eilis's new room like in Part III, Section 1?
2. What does Miss Bartocci announce to Eilis and Miss Delano in Part III, Section 1?
3. What all does Eilis buy for her trip to Coney Island with Tony?
4. In Part III, Section 1, why does Eilis edit what she writes home in her letters?
5. What do Eilis and the others do during the break after two hours of the game?
6. According to Miss McAdam, why did Miss Keegan leave the boarding house?
7. Why does Mrs. Kehoe want to speak with Eilis at the beginning of Part III, Section 1?
8. Why does Eilis not spend Christmas with Tony's family in Part III, Section 2?
9. What does Eilis's mother tell Eilis about Rose's death?
10. What does Mrs. Kehoe say about dances held in the parish hall after the war?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Eilis does not have a lot of input into the decision for her to go to America. Why not? Why does she decide to go even though it is not her idea originally?
Essay Topic 2
Eilis almost does not return to Brooklyn. Why does Eilis have doubts about returning to America? What influences her to return, and how does she feel about returning?
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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