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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dennis do when he comes into Maeve's house?
(a) Turns on the stereo
(b) Takes the dog for a walk
(c) Hugs Maeve
(d) Puts beer in the refrigerator

2. Maeve clearly won Billy's _____________, if not his heart.
(a) Affection
(b) Respect
(c) Loyalty
(d) Fidelity

3. Dan tells Dennis and his daughter that no one thought Billy would ________________________.
(a) Marry after Eva died
(b) Become an alcoholic
(c) Go to Ireland
(d) Die so young

4. Eva tells Billy that Mary _____________________________.
(a) Died a few years ago
(b) Moved to Italy
(c) Entered the convent
(d) Never forgave Eva for her deception

5. What self-centered behavior do Dennis' children exhibit after their mother dies?
(a) They do not call their father
(b) They don't travel to attend the funeral
(c) They leave to go about their own lives
(d) They leave as soon as she is buried

6. Which of the following is not one of the things that Dan feels would have prevented Billy from having an alcoholic's life?
(a) Going to college
(b) Having the family life he wanted
(c) Marrying Eva
(d) Having children

7. The author points out the differences in _________________.
(a) Generations
(b) Jobs
(c) Religions
(d) The sexes

8. The first time Billy had gone to dinner at Maeve's, she spills ______________ on the floor.
(a) Wine
(b) Corn
(c) Spinach
(d) Gravy

9. What is another important theme in this chapter?
(a) Faith
(b) Loyalty
(c) Injustice
(d) Injury

10. Why is Dennis especially upset about Billy's grief over Eva?
(a) He is in love with Eva
(b) He is Billy's step-brother
(c) He had told Billy to forget Eva
(d) It is based on a lie he told

11. What song do others in the house begin to sing?
(a) Coming Through the Rye
(b) Danny Boy
(c) I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen
(d) When Irish Eyes are Smiling

12. What does Dan Lynch insist of Dennis and his daughter?
(a) They come in for a nightcap
(b) They let him drive home
(c) They spend the night
(d) They drive him home

13. Maeve's father was Billy's first ______________________.
(a) Boss
(b) Drinking buddy
(c) Convert
(d) Customer

14. What does Maeve do in the early days of her courtship with Billy in order to get to see him?
(a) Joins his church
(b) Sits in the coffee shop across the street
(c) Throws her father's shoes down the incinerator and has to go to the shoe store
(d) Drives up and down his street

15. Why does Maeve get upset when she hears Dennis speaking to the dog?
(a) He is using foul language
(b) He is too harsh with the dog
(c) He is talking too loud
(d) She thinks it is Billy

Short Answer Questions

1. Dennis tells his daughter that he ______________________.

2. Why had Dennis accepted the bribe money all those years ago?

3. What does Dennis talk to Dan Lynch about on the drive home?

4. Where does Dennis go on a service call that afternoon?

5. What have the neighbors brought to Maeve's house?

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