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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 name of the young woman who comes to the shoe store?
(a) Mavis
(b) Maeve
(c) Marlene
(d) Mabel

2. What is the name of Dennis' tenant's son?
(a) Mason
(b) Matt
(c) Brian
(d) Mark

3. Where do the foursome head to on their date?
(a) A cafe
(b) A bar
(c) The movies
(d) The arcade

4. Who were the girls that Billy and Dennis had met while swimming in the bay many years ago?
(a) Esther and Mary
(b) Eva and Marina
(c) Ellen and Marina
(d) Eva and Mary

5. What do Dennis and Billy do every day after their work on the house?
(a) Drink some beer
(b) Cruise in their cars
(c) Swim in the bay
(d) Go out looking for girls

Short Answer Questions

1. It is ______________ that Billy stops first to tell Dennis about Eva's deception.

2. Where did Billy meet Maeve?

3. Where do Dennis and his daughter pick up Billy when he returns from Ireland?

4. What do Dennis and Billy do before returning to their jobs?

5. How did Dennis' wife die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the setting for Chapter 1?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How did Billy meet Maeve?

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

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

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