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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Benny unusual in her community?
(a) she is adopted
(b) she is taller than the boys
(c) she is older than she looks
(d) she is an only child

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

3. Who is waiting for Benny as she arrives home on the bus?
(a) Sean Walsh
(b) Simon Westward
(c) her family and Patsy
(d) Mother Francis

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

5. Why is Nan's father angry with her?
(a) she had some stranger call them
(b) the message she left frightened the family
(c) she wasn't supposed to be in Dublin
(d) she never called them at all

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Benny have trouble finding out about?

2. What does Benny see in the mirror after trying on the new clothes?

3. Why is Eve ashamed?

4. What makes Aidan Lynch hope that the wrecked motorbike does not belong to Frank?

5. Why will it be difficult for Benny and Eve to see each other in Dublin?

(see the answer key)

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