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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does Jack give his mother for inviting so many girls to their sherry party?
(a) he couldn't decide which one to ask, so he asked all of them
(b) he wants to see how they interact with each other
(c) he wanted to make the other boys jealous
(d) he wants plenty of girls there for his male friends

2. What does Benny overhear in the ladies' room?
(a) Rosemary cirticising Benny's dress
(b) Sheila and Rosemary talking about Nan
(c) Rosemary dismissing her as competition
(d) Sheila and Rosemary talking about Eve

3. Why does Kit Hegarty think Frank will be all right at the university?
(a) because he is familiar with Dublin
(b) because she has a brother in dublin
(c) because he never takes chances
(d) because he won't have time to ride his motorbike

4. Who does Eve meet at Westlands she had known nothing about?
(a) the new cook
(b) her cousin, Heather
(c) her grandmother
(d) Simon Westward

5. What do Patsy and Annabel do for Jack's visit?
(a) go out and leave them alone
(b) iron Benny's best dress
(c) plan a meal
(d) decorate the house

6. What makes Aidan Lynch hope that the wrecked motorbike does not belong to Frank?
(a) because they once worked together
(b) because Frank is his cousin
(c) because he was going to buy it from Frank
(d) because he had heard Frank was in town

7. What does Nan say about Benny's standing up to Sean Walsh?
(a) she says Jack had to help her out
(b) she says it was just a game to Benny
(c) she says enyone could stand up to him
(d) she says it's a first step

8. Why does Jack want Benny at his parents' sherry party?
(a) she will brighten the mood
(b) she will bring Nan
(c) she will meet some new boys
(d) she will tone down Rosemary

9. What does Nan think about Benny?
(a) she is too protective of Eve
(b) she is not like the rest of the group
(c) she is foolish for not standing up for herself
(d) she is overweight and scares the boys away

10. What does Simon tell Heather was the reason they had not known Eve before?
(a) he says their grandfather forbade it
(b) he says it is complicated
(c) he says she never came to their house before
(d) he says he had not known where Eve was

11. What does Jack Foley plan to do when he takes his father to Knockglen?
(a) look up Benny
(b) have a few drinks
(c) go punch out Sean
(d) read the Sunday papers

12. Why is Annabel happy knowing where Benny is that morning?
(a) she is with Mother Francis
(b) she is working at her father's store
(c) she is at a church social
(d) she is with Eve

13. What advice does Nan give Benny when she learns Jack is coming to visit her?
(a) how to be coy
(b) what to wear
(c) where to take him
(d) what to say

14. What do Eve and Simon argue about?
(a) his appearance at the hotel
(b) Heather's allowance
(c) his improper dress
(d) Heather's school

15. What does Benny do when she goes on a walk with Eve?
(a) talks about classes
(b) eats an apple
(c) tells her about her date
(d) talks about leaving home

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Brian's main problem?

2. What does Benny have trouble finding out about?

3. Why is Annabel worried about Patsy going out with Rooney?

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

5. Who does Benny's father send Patsy to bring to the house?

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