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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the setting for Chapter 1?
(a) A bar
(b) A restaurant
(c) A school hall
(d) A K of C Hall

2. Who do Billy and Dennis tell about Billy's learning the truth about Eva?
(a) Their parish priest
(b) Their children
(c) No one
(d) Their wives

3. When did Billy learn the truth about Eva?
(a) When he went to Ireland
(b) When a classmate saw Eva in Ireland
(c) Shortly before he died
(d) When Eva sent him a telegram

4. What does Mr. Holtzman's assistant think about the young woman?
(a) She would be a good employee
(b) She is the most beautiful girl he has ever seen
(c) She is too shy to talk to anyone
(d) She has a crush on Billy

5. What was Dennis' father's name?
(a) David
(b) Daniel
(c) Duane
(d) Mike

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Dennis and his daughter take Billy after lunch?

2. How did Sheila get to work each day?

3. What did Billy have in common with Maeve's father?

4. Where did Sheila work so she could continue going to school?

5. How does Billy coerce one of the little girls to go to bed?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sheila meet Daniel?

2. What is the Long Island house and how did Dennis come to own it?

3. How has Dennis' mother, Sheila, finally feel happy in her life?

4. What job do Dennis and Billy take on after they return from the war in 1945?

5. What had Sheila's life been like after her parents died?

6. What insight does this chapter provide about Billy's character?

7. What is the mood of the lunch when Dennis and his daughter take Billy after they pick him up at the train station?

8. How does Dennis' daughter meet Matt?

9. How does Maeve begin to work herself into Billy's life?

10. What is the setting for Chapter 1?

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