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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 wrote the letter mentioned in Chapter 2?
(a) Dennis
(b) Eva
(c) Maeve
(d) Billy

2. Maeve remains in her father's home when _______________ begins to take over his life.
(a) Arthritis
(b) Debt
(c) Dementia
(d) Alcoholism

3. Where do Dennis and his daughter pick up Billy when he returns from Ireland?
(a) Amtrak station
(b) Bus station
(c) Train station
(d) Airport

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

5. How does Billy coerce one of the little girls to go to bed?
(a) Candy
(b) Songs
(c) Shadow puppets
(d) His smile and poetry

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had Billy worked after the war?

2. What was the cause of death of the man's oldest daughter?

3. Why is the other girl in America?

4. What is the employment of one of the girls?

5. How did Sheila get to work each day?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the fate of the Irish girl?

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

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. Who is the Irish girl?

6. Explain the foreshadowing of Dennis' daughter meeting Matt in Chapter 3.

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

8. What arrangements has Dennis made to be at the Long Island house when Billy returns from Ireland in 1975?

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

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

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