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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. Who was the recipient of the letter mentioned in Chapter 2?
(a) Billy
(b) Mary
(c) Eva
(d) Maeve

2. Where did Sheila work so she could continue going to school?
(a) A cafe
(b) A department store
(c) A bakery
(d) A pet shop

3. What was the man's profession?
(a) Insurance salesman
(b) Electrician
(c) Accountant
(d) Police officer

4. In what year does Billy return from Ireland?
(a) 1985
(b) 1975
(c) 1995
(d) 1965

5. What did Eva's sister show to Dennis one night?
(a) A murder scene
(b) A new car
(c) A letter
(d) A haunted house

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting for Chapter 1?

2. What topic is mentioned that elicits powerful responses?

3. What do Dennis and Billy do every day after their work on the house?

4. Who comes into the shoe store on the day Billy picks out shoes for Eva and her sisters?

5. Who owns the Long Island house now?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Sheila meet Daniel?

3. What is the irony of Billy's picking out shoes for Eva and her sister on the same day that Maeve comes into the store to buy shoes?

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

5. Why does Dennis want to protect Billy's dream of Eva from his mother, Sheila?

6. How did Billy meet Maeve?

7. How does Dennis' desire to see Billy succeed impact Dennis negatively?

8. Explain the irony of Billy's stopping to see Dennis when he returns from Ireland.

9. Why does Dennis decide to tell Billy that Eva had died?

10. What was the fate of the Irish girl?

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