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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 Billy tell Dennis while at lunch?
(a) He had seen Eva in Ireland
(b) He has a fatal disease
(c) He is going back to Ireland
(d) He never wants to go to Ireland again

2. Who comes to the shoe store on the day that Billy learns that Eva has died?
(a) That same young woman without her father
(b) David
(c) Dennis
(d) Sheila

3. What is Sheila's new husband's profession?
(a) Utilities worker
(b) Shoe store owner
(c) Postal worker
(d) Policeman

4. Which of the following does Billy Lynch not manage at the funeral reception?
(a) Bar bill
(b) Flowers
(c) Bar owner
(d) Bar waiters

5. Dennis and Billy plan to return to their jobs at ______________.
(a) FedEx
(b) Starbucks
(c) Con Ed
(d) UPS

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the young woman who comes to the shoe store?

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

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

4. Where had Billy worked after the war?

5. Where was Sheila living when she met Daniel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the Irish girl?

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

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

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

6. Where does Dennis take Billy to tell him the truth about Eva?

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

8. How did Billy meet Maeve?

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

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

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