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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is ironic about Nan and Simon getting together?
(a) they have different religions like Eve's parents
(b) everyone tried to keep them apart
(c) they both think the other one is rich
(d) Nan is much taller than Simon

2. What is Benny's reaction when Jack tells her he took Nan to the dance?
(a) she starts crying and runs away
(b) she says she is glad he took Nan
(c) she shrugs her shoulders
(d) she demands to know what happened

3. What does Kit receive after Joseph dies?
(a) advice from Fergie
(b) a visit from Paddy
(c) insurance money
(d) the title to her house

4. What does Kit not know about her son Jack?
(a) that he hated his father
(b) that he spent time with his father
(c) that he saw Brian as a substitute father
(d) that he worked for his father

5. What does Benny find out about why her parents were out the night of the dance?
(a) they were rearranging Hogan's outfitters
(b) they were out walking
(c) they were having tea with Mother Clare
(d) they got lost on the way to dublin

6. Who is coming to Eve's cottage party after first declining the invitation?
(a) Kit
(b) Simon
(c) Nan
(d) Heather

7. What is Lilly's reaction to Nan?
(a) she thinks Nan will be a perfect daughter-in-law
(b) she likes Nan but senses she is lying
(c) she doesn't like her but finds nothing wrong with her
(d) she thinks Nan will be too expensive for Jack to keep

8. Why does Benny go to work at the shop?
(a) she has an interest in it
(b) she wants to learn about business
(c) she thinks it will help her be close to Eddie
(d) she wants to be close to Sean

9. What does Heather complain that she does not have?
(a) good clothes like Nan
(b) a grandfather
(c) a circle of friends
(d) enough money

10. What do Jack and Nan do in front of her house after the rugby club dance?
(a) they make love
(b) they kiss
(c) they argue
(d) they talk about her preganacy

11. Who does Lilly think her son Jack is inviting to lunch?
(a) some of his male friends
(b) Benny or Eve
(c) a new girl from school
(d) Rosemary or Nan

12. What does Mrs. Healy call the way Fonsie is dressed for Holy Communion?
(a) ridiculous
(b) blasphemy
(c) appropriate
(d) funny

13. Why does Jack pull of the road on the way to take Benny to Knockglen?
(a) so he can hold her and let her cry
(b) because he needs to kiss her
(c) because he runs out of gas
(d) to mend a flat tire

14. What does Patsy say about how Benny's parents feel about a relationship between Benny and Sean?
(a) they think Benny meets Sean secretly
(b) they are worried about it
(c) they do not care if Benny does not like Sean
(d) they would like it to be forever

15. Who does the doctor tells Annabel not to tell about Eddie Hogan's death?
(a) Sean
(b) Benny
(c) Simon
(d) Peggy

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Simon's response when Nan says they should marry?

2. How do John and Lilly react to Jack's news that he and Nan must marry?

3. Where does Jack invite Nan to go because he thinks Benny is in Knockglen?

4. To whom does Benny turn when she suspects that Sean has been stealing from her father's shop?

5. What happens after the confrontation between Eve and Nan at the cottage?

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