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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 happened to Maeve when she used to help Billy to bed when he was drunk?
(a) She got bruises
(b) She was cursed at
(c) She was derided
(d) She fell down the steps

2. Maeve learns that Billy's body has been taken to _____________________.
(a) The morgue
(b) The VA Hospital
(c) NYU Medical Center
(d) The police station

3. Maeve's father always reminded Maeve that ______________________________.
(a) she was not very pretty
(b) Billy wouldn't have married her if he didn't have to
(c) Billy had loved someone else before her
(d) Billy was marrying her out of pity

4. Dan tells Dennis and his daughter that no one thought Billy would ________________________.
(a) Go to Ireland
(b) Marry after Eva died
(c) Become an alcoholic
(d) Die so young

5. What is Billy's attitude when he approaches Dennis about the deception about Eva?
(a) He is relieved
(b) He is sullen
(c) He is furious
(d) He is resigned

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maeve do when she realizes the voice she heard belongs to Dennis, not Billy?

2. Maeve tells the group about the day Billy ____________.

3. Which one of the following is not gathered after Billy's funeral?

4. What does Dan Lynch insist of Dennis and his daughter?

5. What does Dennis' daughter see stuck in the mirror in Maeve's bedroom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dan share about Billy and Maeve's relationship the night of the funeral?

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

3. What does Dennis do on the day that Billy dies?

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

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

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

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

8. Explain the role of Maeve's father in her relationship with Billy.

9. What does Maeve recall about her first date with Billy?

10. What happens when Maeve hears Dennis' voice in the house?

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