2. As Benny and Eve leave the hotel, who is watching them from Hogan's, across the street?
(a) Sean Walsh
(b) Simon
(c) Mother Francis
(d) Benny's father

3. How old is Benny at the beginning of the novel?
(a) twelve
(b) fifteen
(c) ten
(d) twenty

4. Why does Mother Francis arrange for Eve and Kit to be alone together?
(a) to get them angry enough to quarrel
(b) to let them both have a good cry
(c) to let them discuss feelings about Mother Francis
(d) to solve both their problems involving the boarding house

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

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

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

8. Who does Mother Francis believe gives her the answer to her prayer for dealing with Mother Clare?
(a) Peggy
(b) Eve
(c) Kit
(d) Patsy

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

10. Why can't Benny accept Eve's invitation to stay overnight with her?
(a) Eve lives in a house with boys and a woman her parents don't know
(b) Benny's mother is ill and she must go home and help Patsy
(c) Eve must first go to Knockglen and ask her parents
(d) Benny has been grounded for staying out too late with Jack

11. Who calls for permission to come visit Mother Francis?
(a) Annabel Hogan
(b) Peggy Pine
(c) Kit Hegarty
(d) Simon Westward

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

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

14. Why does Eve say Mrs. Healy doesn't like them now?
(a) because they talk too much
(b) because they are grown up
(c) because they never buy anything
(d) because they shoplift

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