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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the minister give Dennis to ensure the work get completed sooner?
(a) A cup of coffee
(b) A bottle of wine
(c) Ten dollars
(d) A cigar

2. Dan feels that Billy's life would have been different if ______________________.
(a) He hadn't met Maeve
(b) He hadn't worked in a brewery
(c) His father had not been an alcoholic
(d) Eva hadn't died

3. What does Dennis do after everyone is notified of Billy's death?
(a) Goes to sleep
(b) Goes to the beach
(c) Goes back to work
(d) Goes to a bar

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

5. Whose funeral do others in the house begin to talk about?
(a) Eva
(b) Maeve's sister, Kate
(c) Daniel Lynch
(d) Mary

6. What happened to Maeve when she used to help Billy to bed when he was drunk?
(a) She got bruises
(b) She was derided
(c) She fell down the steps
(d) She was cursed at

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

8. What had happened on the night Dennis was denied a promotion?
(a) Billy called to talk about Eva
(b) Dennis' daughter was born
(c) Eva died
(d) Dennis' wife got sick

9. What is Billy's attitude when he approaches Dennis about the deception about Eva?
(a) He is sullen
(b) He is resigned
(c) He is furious
(d) He is relieved

10. Where do people gather on the evening of Billy's funeral?
(a) Hooter's
(b) Maeve's living room
(c) Buster's Bar
(d) The Last Chance Bar

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

12. Who identifies Billy's body on the day he dies?
(a) Maeve
(b) Dan
(c) Sheila
(d) Dennis

13. Why had Dennis accepted the bribe money all those years ago?
(a) To buy a motorcycle
(b) To put a down payment on a house
(c) To help with Billy's fund to bring Eva to America
(d) To take a cruise

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arrives at the house to calm Maeve?

2. What year does Billy go to Ireland?

3. What do most people tell Dennis to do after his wife dies?

4. Why does Maeve get upset when she hears Dennis speaking to the dog?

5. Which of the following is not one of the things that Dan feels would have prevented Billy from having an alcoholic's life?

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