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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eve point out to Benny on a nature walk?
(a) a field where she used to pick flowers
(b) a shack where she goes to be alone
(c) a castle she plans to own when she inherits a fortune
(d) a cottage where she plans to live as an adult

2. Who prays to find the money to send Eve to university?
(a) Mrs. Healy
(b) Mother Francis
(c) Annabel
(d) Benny

3. What is Brian's main problem?
(a) lack of work
(b) his wife
(c) alcoholism
(d) taxes

4. How old is Benny at the beginning of the novel?
(a) twelve
(b) fifteen
(c) ten
(d) twenty

5. Why is Annabel sure that Benny will bring home new friends from Dublin?
(a) because she cannot stay with people they don't know
(b) because she is ordered to do so
(c) because Benny will need someone to take Eve's place
(d) because it is a habit of Benny's that won't change

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emily hope for her daughter?

2. What is Benny hoping for from her parents?

3. Why is Eve's estranged grandfather in a wheelchair?

4. What does Benny say is considered a sin in the town?

5. Why does Even not go to university with Benny?

(see the answer key)

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