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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Benny and Eve are going to Dublin to study, but where is Eve going instead of the university?
(a) a convent to teach small children
(b) a convent to become a nun
(c) a convent to study to be a secretary
(d) a convent to work for the Mother Superior

2. What comment does Aengus make about Benny's dress?
(a) it's definitely her color
(b) it looks like the prow of a ship
(c) she's popping out of it
(d) it's the best dress at the party

3. As a big dance approaches, what are Bill and Jack discussing?
(a) where they can get a car
(b) how to get out of going
(c) what to wear to the dance
(d) which girls to invite to the dance

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

5. Why does Kit feel sorry for Benny?
(a) she doesn't know how the girls make fun of her
(b) she is being overshadowned by Nan
(c) she thinks Benny is too protected
(d) she thinks Eve is about to forget her

6. Why have twp officers been sent to Dun Laoghaire?
(a) to notify Frank's family
(b) to learn the dead boy's identity
(c) to chase the driver of the car
(d) to escort Benny home

7. Who does Mother Francis compel to take her to Dublin?
(a) Mr. Hogan
(b) Peggy Pine
(c) Mrs. Hegarty
(d) Sean Walsh

8. Who does Jack Foley meet in the hospital?
(a) Sean and Benny
(b) Simon and Nan
(c) Benny and Nan
(d) Eve and Aidan

9. Why did Eve's family not take her in after her parents died?
(a) because Eve was illegitimate
(b) because Eve is Protestant
(c) because they are Protestants
(d) because they are greedy

10. What does Nan bring to Eve in the hospital?
(a) a bunch of violets
(b) a university catalog
(c) a few recent magazines
(d) a novel to read

11. Who is the crying woman Ann Hayes is trying to comfort?
(a) Peggy Pine
(b) Annabel Hogan
(c) Kit Hegarty
(d) Mossy Rooney

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

13. Why does Dr. John Foley want his son, Jack, to drive him to Knockglen?
(a) he is still nervous about driving
(b) he is afraid of the Knockglen people
(c) he thinks it would be good for Jack
(d) he has heard Kit Hegarty is in Knockglen

14. What is the argument about between Nan and her father Brian?
(a) her spending too much money
(b) her use of too much makeup
(c) her going out with so many boys
(d) her studying upstairs in her room

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nan tell her father she was afraid of his doing if he came to the hospital?

2. What is Benny's dilemma at the hospital?

3. Who is waiting for Benny as she arrives home on the bus?

4. What does Jack Foley plan to do when he takes his father to Knockglen?

5. Trying on the dress Clodagh makes for her, what does Eve say when Benny says she looks like the prow of a ship?

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