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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. What event has just occurred at the beginning of Chapter 1?

2. What is the time period when Chapter 4 begins?

3. Who is Mr. Holtzman's assistant in the shoe store?

4. What does Dennis warn Billy about talking about to his mother and stepfather?

5. Where did Billy work in addition to his main job to make some extra money?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the relationship between the Irish girls and Dennis and Billy evolve?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What was Billy's habit of writing notes to people?

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

10. How did Billy meet Maeve?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the nature of this book and why the author created it the way she did. Why did she choose to create the book based on the perspectives of more than one person? Is it effective? How is it different from reading a regular novel? How is it the same?

Essay Topic 2

Create a character study of Maeve Lynch. What are her physical characteristics? What are her motivations? What are her fears? What are her dreams? What else can you say about Maeve?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the setting for the novel. Be sure to include geography, time period and any pertinent popular culture events. Why did the writer choose this setting?

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