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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maeve's father tell Maeve about Billy's asking her to go out after dinner?
(a) He will never contact her again
(b) He is desperate
(c) He is only doing it out of obligation
(d) He is only looking for sex

2. Which of the following is not true about Eva's life?
(a) She has a good life
(b) She has children
(c) She married Billy
(d) She has grandchildren

3. When does Dennis lose his faith?
(a) When Eva dies
(b) When his daughter dies
(c) When his wife dies
(d) When Billy dies

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

5. Who would help Maeve get her father to bed when he was drunk?
(a) Billy
(b) Dan
(c) Seamus
(d) Dennis

6. How many children does Eva have?
(a) 3
(b) 7
(c) 2
(d) 4

7. What does Dennis do with the item the minister gives him?
(a) Throws it in the trash
(b) Drops it on the ground
(c) Smashes it against a wall
(d) Puts it in his pocket

8. What do most people tell Dennis to do after his wife dies?
(a) Scream
(b) Pound the wall
(c) Throw things
(d) Cry

9. Who gives Billy directions?
(a) The bartender
(b) A customer
(c) The store manager
(d) The station owner's wife

10. Billy is shocked to find out that Eva _______________________.
(a) Is buried in another part of Ireland
(b) Wrote him letters and never sent them
(c) Is the station manager's wife
(d) Saved all the money he had sent to her

11. What year does Billy go to Ireland?
(a) 1973
(b) 1993
(c) 1983
(d) 1963

12. What is in Dennis' personnel file?
(a) A letter from the man who bribed him
(b) A promotion notice
(c) A record of his raises
(d) His attendance record

13. Where does Dennis go on a service call that afternoon?
(a) A school
(b) A black church
(c) A hospital
(d) A restaurant

14. Who sits all night with Maeve on the night that Billy dies?
(a) Dennis' daughter
(b) Her neighbor
(c) Kate
(d) Dennis

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dennis do when he comes into Maeve's house?

2. What does Billy do when he arrives in Ireland?

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

4. Maeve tells the group about the day Billy ____________.

5. What is another important theme in this chapter?

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