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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Benny say is considered a sin in the town?
(a) thinking about boys
(b) being showy
(c) wearing flashy clothes
(d) looking at magazines

2. Why does Eve laugh when Benny tells her she is dieting?
(a) she is glad Benny is not mad at her
(b) she thinks dieting is ridiculous
(c) she wants to humiliate Benny
(d) she knows Benny cannot keep it up

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

4. What does Eve tell Kit about Nan?
(a) she is a better friend than Benny
(b) she is friendly with everyone
(c) she is a snob toward poor boys
(d) she wears too much makeup

5. Why is Nan happy about the location for the dance?
(a) it is off limits to Brian
(b) it is in the hotel where her mother works
(c) it is where she can meet rich men
(d) it is a good setting for her new dress

6. Who is the blonde girl Benny meets at the accident site?
(a) Patsy
(b) Jack Foley's daughter
(c) Kit Hegarty
(d) Nan Mahon

7. What funny thing does the Protestant Heather want to know about nuns?
(a) if they bathe with their clothes on
(b) if they eat Protestant children
(c) if they ever wear bright colors
(d) if they sleep in coffins

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

9. What is Benny's father's business?
(a) Morgan's Clothing
(b) Hogan's Outfitters
(c) Logan's Haberdashery
(d) Reagan's Outfitters

10. Why does Eve introduce herself to Benny in the reading room?
(a) she doesn't want Aidan to know Benny is her friend
(b) Benny has been avoiding everyone, including Eve
(c) she is trying to make Benny smile
(d) she wants to hurt Benny's feelings

11. Why does Mother Francis tell Benny to call her father instead of Annabel?
(a) because women fuss too much
(b) because Annabel has no one with her
(c) because she knows he is at the store
(d) because the head of the house should know first

12. Why does Eve not visit Knockglen on the weekends?
(a) she hopes to be asked out on dates on the weekends
(b) she does not want to see Mother Francis
(c) she has to study to make up what she missed
(d) she helps Kit with the boys on weekends

13. What does Annabel say about Eve that bothers Benny?
(a) that Eve has become a working girl with no time
(b) that Eve is spending a lot of time with Nan
(c) that Eve has abandoned her friends in Knockglen
(d) that Eve has matured more than Benny

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

15. Who does Annabel suggest Benny make friends with in Knockglen?
(a) Peggy Pine's niece Clodagh
(b) Sean Walsh
(c) Mother Francis
(d) Peggy Pine

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Benny say about Sean to her father?

2. What is Brian's main problem?

3. What does Eve point out to Benny on a nature walk?

4. What is Aidan's joke that does not amuse Eve?

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

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