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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Billy is forever smitten with Eva's _____________.

2. Who wrote the letter mentioned in Chapter 2?

3. What was Billy known for giving to people?

4. Who owns the Long Island house now?

5. What did Eva's sister show to Dennis one night?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How has Dennis' mother, Sheila, finally feel happy in her life?

4. How did Billy meet Maeve?

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

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

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

8. How do Dennis and Billy meet the two sisters from Ireland?

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

10. What had Sheila's life been like after her parents died?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the irony of Dennis' decision to tell Billy that Eva had died. What was Dennis intention? What was the short term result? What was the long term result? How did Dennis contribute to Benny's death? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Just prior to meeting Eva, Billy and Dennis return home from World War II. Explain the significance of this war on America in general and Billy and Dennis specifically. What impact did the war have on the choices that Billy and Dennis made? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Alcohol abuse seems to be an unnamed character in the book. How pervasive is the abuse? Why does it have such a prevalent place in the characters' lives? How does it affect the abusers? How does it affect those impacted by the abusers? Explain how an inanimate object or characteristic can be a character.

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