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

2. How does Billy coerce one of the little girls to go to bed?
(a) Songs
(b) Candy
(c) His smile and poetry
(d) Shadow puppets

3. What have Dennis and Billy just done as Chapter 4 begins?
(a) Taken a cruise
(b) Graduated college
(c) Returned from a fishing trip
(d) Returned from war

4. How did Dennis' wife die?
(a) Car accident
(b) Cancer
(c) Heart disease
(d) Tuberculosis

5. Why had Sheila been passed from relative to relative for several years?
(a) Her parents abused her
(b) Her parents did not want her
(c) Her parents kicked her out
(d) Her parents had died

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is visiting Dennis on the day Billy returns from Ireland?

2. Who do Billy and Dennis tell about Billy's learning the truth about Eva?

3. In what year does Billy return from Ireland?

4. What was the cause of death of the man's oldest daughter?

5. Why does Dennis tell Billy he needs to go with him to the house on Long Island?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Billy's behavior is not far fetched, given the post-war climate they live in.

2. When does Billy find out the real truth about Eva?

3. What is revealed about Maeve's history and character in Chapter 6?

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

5. What shocking news had Dennis received from Eva's sister, Mary?

6. What arrangements has Dennis made to be at the Long Island house when Billy returns from Ireland in 1975?

7. What was the fate of the Irish girl?

8. How does the relationship between the Irish girls and Dennis and Billy evolve?

9. Explain the variances on the theme of love in Chapter 6.

10. How does Sheila meet Daniel?

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