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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes to the shoe store on the day that Billy learns that Eva has died?
(a) Sheila
(b) Dennis
(c) That same young woman without her father
(d) David

2. Where do Dennis and his daughter pick up Billy when he returns from Ireland?
(a) Bus station
(b) Amtrak station
(c) Train station
(d) Airport

3. What was Billy known for giving to people?
(a) Notes
(b) Books
(c) Cakes
(d) Paintings

4. Who lives in the Long Island house now?
(a) Dennis
(b) Billy
(c) A year round tenant
(d) Eva

5. What is Billy's condition when Dennis' daughter returns to the house?
(a) He is drunk
(b) He is asleep
(c) He refuses to speak
(d) He is crying

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

7. How does Billy coerce one of the little girls to go to bed?
(a) His smile and poetry
(b) Candy
(c) Songs
(d) Shadow puppets

8. What is Dennis' mother's new last name?
(a) Heinrich
(b) Heffernan
(c) Hoffman
(d) Holtzman

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

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

11. Why is the other girl in America?
(a) Visiting her sister
(b) Going to school
(c) Exchange student
(d) Looking for a job

12. Who do Dennis and Billy see on the beach?
(a) A swimming class
(b) A senior citizens group
(c) Boat repairmen
(d) Two girls and seven children

13. What is the name of the young woman who comes to the shoe store?
(a) Marlene
(b) Mabel
(c) Maeve
(d) Mavis

14. What is the employment of one of the girls?
(a) Nanny
(b) Teacher
(c) Waitress
(d) Singer

15. Dennis knows that his mother always felt _____________ as a child.
(a) Abused
(b) Sad
(c) Unwanted
(d) Happy

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Billy and Dennis tell about Billy's learning the truth about Eva?

2. What does Dennis' daughter do when they return to the house?

3. Why does Billy promise to send money?

4. What does everyone believe will be Maeve's life and career choice?

5. What event has just occurred at the beginning of Chapter 1?

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