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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. How do Dennis' kids want Dennis to grieve?
(a) Privately
(b) The way he wanted to
(c) Noisily
(d) Silently

2. What is another important theme in this chapter?
(a) Injury
(b) Faith
(c) Loyalty
(d) Injustice

3. What does Dan Lynch insist of Dennis and his daughter?
(a) They drive him home
(b) They let him drive home
(c) They come in for a nightcap
(d) They spend the night

4. Why does Maeve get upset when she hears Dennis speaking to the dog?
(a) He is talking too loud
(b) He is too harsh with the dog
(c) He is using foul language
(d) She thinks it is Billy

5. What does Dennis' daughter see stuck in the mirror in Maeve's bedroom?
(a) A postcard
(b) A business card
(c) A birthday card
(d) A dried corsage

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Billy do when he arrives in Ireland?

2. Dennis' daughter is not sure Dennis __________________________.

3. The author points out the differences in _________________.

4. What is the name of Dennis' wife?

5. Dennis tells his daughter that he ______________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Dennis makes a service call to a black church?

2. How would Billy's life had been different had he married Eva, at least according to Dan Lynch?

3. What shocking information does Billy get in the flashback in Chapter 12?

4. What does Maeve recall doing to insure that she would see Billy more than once?

5. How does this chapter exemplify the differences between how families have changed between Dennis' generation and that of his children?

6. What does the episode with the black minister remind Dennis of?

7. What does Maeve share about the night that Billy died?

8. How does the theme of love extend in Chapter 8?

9. What does Dennis' daughter find in Maeve's bedroom?

10. Explain the symbolism of the postcard Billy sent Maeve many years ago.

(see the answer keys)

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