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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 does Dennis' daughter want to know at the end of Dennis' story about Eva?
(a) Why Dennis would keep this secret
(b) If Maeve ever found out the truth
(c) If she could tell Maeve now
(d) If Billy ever found out the truth

2. What does Dennis' daughter do when they return to the house?
(a) Prepares dinner
(b) Serves iced tea
(c) Swims in the bay
(d) Takes a nap

3. What does Eva send Billy when he requests shoe sizes?
(a) Tracings of her and her sisters' feet
(b) A refusal of the offer of shoes
(c) Requests for shoe styles
(d) A detailed letter

4. Where do Dennis and his daughter take Billy after lunch?
(a) On a tour of the island
(b) On a boat ride
(c) Out for ice cream
(d) To the theater

5. Which of the following is not a reason that Dennis lies to Billy?
(a) It will require more lies
(b) It is wrong
(c) It will protect Billy
(d) It is the right thing to do

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dennis tell Billy about Eva?

2. What is the setting for Chapter 1?

3. Where did Billy work in addition to his main job to make some extra money?

4. In what year does Billy return from Ireland?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do Billy's relatives recall about him at the bar?

3. Who is the Irish girl?

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

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

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

7. What is the irony of Billy's alcoholism?

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

9. How did Billy meet Maeve?

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

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