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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Ellen and Marina
(d) Esther and Mary

2. Which of the following is not a reason that Dennis lies to Billy?
(a) It will require more lies
(b) It is wrong
(c) It is the right thing to do
(d) It will protect Billy

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

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

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

6. When Dennis and Billy get up the nerve to talk to the two girls, where do they learn the girls are from?
(a) South America
(b) Ireland
(c) England
(d) Vancouver

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

8. What does Eva send Billy when he requests shoe sizes?
(a) Tracings of her and her sisters' feet
(b) A refusal of the offer of shoes
(c) Requests for shoe styles
(d) A detailed letter

9. Who is Dennis telling the story about Eva to in Chapter 2?
(a) His daughter
(b) Maeve
(c) Billy
(d) Danny

10. What does Dennis' daughter want to know at the end of Dennis' story about Eva?
(a) Why Dennis would keep this secret
(b) If Maeve ever found out the truth
(c) If she could tell Maeve now
(d) If Billy ever found out the truth

11. Where did Billy meet Maeve?
(a) Dance hall
(b) Bar
(c) Church
(d) Shoe store

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

13. What does Dennis' daughter do when they return to the house?
(a) Prepares dinner
(b) Serves iced tea
(c) Swims in the bay
(d) Takes a nap

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dennis' daughter agree to do with Matt?

2. How did Sheila get to work each day?

3. Who is Mr. Holtzman's assistant in the shoe store?

4. Who comes to the shoe store on the day that Billy learns that Eva has died?

5. What was Billy known for giving to people?

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