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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is in a letter for Benny that she does not want Nan and Eve to know about?
(a) a thank you from Jack for the meal in Knockglen
(b) a request to arrange a meeting with Nan
(c) an invitation to a lunch date signed, love Jack
(d) an anonymous note saying Jack is in love with her

2. What does Bill tell Jack about tickets for the dance?
(a) they need the tickets in advance
(b) they will have to ask their fathers for money
(c) they cost of the dance is not high
(d) girls go with guys who pay

3. What is Dun Lagohaire?
(a) a harbor miles from Dublin
(b) a shop in Knockglen
(c) a school near Knockglen
(d) an estate outside Knockglen

4. What is it about Eve that makes Benny jealous?
(a) her money
(b) her social status
(c) her many friends
(d) her gracefulness

5. Why is Eve's estranged grandfather in a wheelchair?
(a) because of a fall from a horse
(b) because of polio
(c) because of a stroke
(d) because of an auto accident

6. What is Benny's dilemma at the hospital?
(a) whether to leave Eve or stay the night with her
(b) whether to call Mother Francis or Mother Clare
(c) whether to call home or wait until she arrives
(d) whether to talk or keep quiet

7. Why does Mother Francis tell Kit about Eve's history?
(a) to make her feel ashamed
(b) to have something to talk about
(c) to get her mind off Jack
(d) to show her bad things happen to good people

8. What is Frank Hegarty proud of?
(a) his good looks
(b) his part time job
(c) his family mansion
(d) his motorbike

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

10. What does Eve say any boy who loves her will have to endure?
(a) her curisoity
(b) her anxiety
(c) her hostility
(d) her poverty

11. Who is Emily Mahon's beautiful daughter?
(a) Nan
(b) Eve
(c) Kit
(d) Patsy

12. What does Emily hope for her daughter?
(a) that she will stay home and help her
(b) that she will become a doctor
(c) that she will become an actress
(d) that she will marry a rich man

13. Why does Benny invite Eve Malone to her party?
(a) to feel superior to someone
(b) her mother makes her
(c) to get more gifts
(d) to spite her snobbish friends

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Benny put off taking Nan to see Eve?

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

3. What makes Aidan Lynch hope that the wrecked motorbike does not belong to Frank?

4. What is the argument about between Nan and her father Brian?

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

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