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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Benny put off taking Nan to see Eve?
(a) she wants to keep her friends apart
(b) she thinks it will tire Eve out too much
(c) she is not sure how Eve will react to a beautiful girl
(d) she is afraid Eve will like her better

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

3. Why does Benny not attend the funeral for Jack?
(a) she wants to visit Eve
(b) she doesn't want to see Mrs. Hegarty
(c) she says she didn't know Jack
(d) she has to go home on the bus

4. What are Eve and Benny secretly doing at Healy's prior to leaving for Dublin?
(a) trying on clothes
(b) looking at a boy
(c) hiding from Simon
(d) looking for Mrs. Healy

5. Why is Annabel worried about Patsy going out with Rooney?
(a) she might get married and leave the Hogans
(b) she might start staying out too late
(c) she might find a higher paying job
(d) she might ruin her reputation

6. What makes Benny think she still has a chance for a date to the dance?
(a) Rosemary says Aidan has no date
(b) Rosemary is coming down with a cold
(c) Jack only asked Rosemary an hour ago
(d) she hears boys talking about not having dates

7. What exposes Benny's lack of sophistication when asked to join a Dutch party?
(a) she asks if it is in Amsterdam
(b) she asks if they have to wear clogs
(c) she asks if it means going skating
(d) she asks why Dutch and not English

8. How badly is Eve hurt?
(a) she is not hurt badly at all
(b) she has a damaged foot that is bandaged
(c) she has a concussion and broken ribs
(d) she is critical and may not live

9. What does Eve tell Benny that she does not believe?
(a) that Simon wants to marry her
(b) that Sean wants to marry Eve
(c) that Sean wants to marry Benny
(d) that her father wants her to marry

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

11. What does Nan wrangle out of her father, Brian?
(a) a generous monthly allowance
(b) a ride to Dublin
(c) her university tution
(d) a new pair of shoes

12. What does Nan tell her father she was afraid of his doing if he came to the hospital?
(a) chastising her
(b) falling down drunk
(c) ordering the doctors around
(d) making a scene

13. What is making Benny feel stupid?
(a) having to come home every night from university
(b) having to study to be a secretary
(c) having to avoid Sean Walsh
(d) having to wear jumpers

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

15. What does Lilly think about Aidan's parents?
(a) they have bad voices
(b) they don't fit in with her society
(c) they look ratty
(d) they are impressive

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Benny overhear in the ladies' room?

2. Why did Eve's family not take her in after her parents died?

3. Who does Eve get to help her with her chores at Mrs. Hegarty's boardinghouse?

4. Why is Eve ashamed?

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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