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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Benny hoping for from her parents?
(a) a pony and cart
(b) a velvet dress and pretty shoes
(c) a set of Nancy Drew books
(d) a ring and a locket

2. Who does Benny's father send Patsy to bring to the house?
(a) Dr. Johnson
(b) Mother Francis
(c) the parish priest
(d) Sean Walsh

3. Why does Nan not notify her parents?
(a) her mother has a heart condition
(b) she thinks they will make her come home
(c) her mother is at work and her father will make a fuss
(d) she knows they don't care

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

5. What does Eve suggest Benny tell Mrs. Healy about why they are in the hotel?
(a) that she is taking a survey
(b) that she is waiting for her mother
(c) that she is looking for school things
(d) that she is looking for a gift

Short Answer Questions

1. How badly is Eve hurt?

2. As Benny and Eve leave the hotel, who is watching them from Hogan's, across the street?

3. How old is Benny at the beginning of the novel?

4. What is Dun Lagohaire?

5. What is making Benny feel stupid?

(see the answer key)

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