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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What topic is mentioned that elicits powerful responses?
(a) Billy's bankruptcy
(b) The Irish girl
(c) Billy's illegitimate child
(d) Billy's bar tab

2. Who is Mr. Holtzman's assistant in the shoe store?
(a) Smitty
(b) Buster
(c) Chip
(d) Chuck

3. Who comes into the shoe store on the day Billy picks out shoes for Eva and her sisters?
(a) Sheila
(b) Eva
(c) A young woman and her drunken father
(d) Dennis

4. When did Dennis get possession of the Long Island house?
(a) After his mother died
(b) As a gift from his stepfather
(c) After his divorce
(d) When his parents divorced

5. What relation is Dennis Lynch to the person whose funeral has just been held?
(a) Husband
(b) Brother
(c) Cousin
(d) Brother-in-law

6. What is Billy's reaction to Dennis' deception about Eva?
(a) Not very angry
(b) Disappointed
(c) Explosive
(d) Really hurt

7. Why does Billy promise to send money?
(a) To give to orphans
(b) To bring Eva and her family to America
(c) To buy war bonds
(d) To set up a restaurant

8. What does Mary jokingly tell Dennis to tell Billy about Eva?
(a) She is dead
(b) She has become a nun
(c) She is a lesbian
(d) She left Ireland with no forwarding address

9. What does everyone believe will be Maeve's life and career choice?
(a) Wife
(b) Nun
(c) Teacher
(d) Secretary

10. Who was the driver of the trolley?
(a) Daniel
(b) Mike
(c) David
(d) Duane

11. What is the name of the Irish girl?
(a) Mary
(b) Ava
(c) Eva
(d) Elise

12. What is Sheila's priority in her life now?
(a) Her job
(b) Her church work
(c) Her children
(d) Her new husband

13. Who is the spouse of the person whose funeral has just been held?
(a) Ava Lynch
(b) Maeve Lynch
(c) Billy Lynch
(d) Mary Lynch

14. Who were the girls that Billy and Dennis had met while swimming in the bay many years ago?
(a) Eva and Marina
(b) Eva and Mary
(c) Esther and Mary
(d) Ellen and Marina

15. Who wrote the letter mentioned in Chapter 2?
(a) Dennis
(b) Maeve
(c) Eva
(d) Billy

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dennis warn Billy about talking about to his mother and stepfather?

2. Dennis and Billy plan to return to their jobs at ______________.

3. What does Billy request of Eva when he sends her some money?

4. Mary's employer will let Mary and Eva go out with Billy and Dennis if ___________________________.

5. What was Billy known for giving to people?

(see the answer keys)

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