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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 Dennis' mother's new last name?
(a) Holtzman
(b) Heinrich
(c) Heffernan
(d) Hoffman

2. What do Dennis and Billy do before returning to their jobs?
(a) Study for their real estate licenses
(b) Take a Caribbean cruise
(c) Take a night course in electronics
(d) Fix up Mr. Holtzman's house

3. How did Sheila get to work each day?
(a) Walk
(b) Subway
(c) Trolley
(d) Car

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

5. What is Billy's reaction to Dennis' deception about Eva?
(a) Not very angry
(b) Disappointed
(c) Really hurt
(d) Explosive

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Dennis' father's name?

2. What does Eva send Billy when he requests shoe sizes?

3. Who is Mr. Holtzman's assistant in the shoe store?

4. How does Billy treat the young woman's father?

5. Who was the driver of the trolley?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is the Irish girl?

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

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

7. How do Dennis and Billy meet the two sisters from Ireland?

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

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

10. What was Billy's habit of writing notes to people?

(see the answer keys)

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