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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Eve say Benny should have a bag in one hand and a drink in the other?
(a) to give her something to do with her hands
(b) so she will feel more confident
(c) so she can't hide her bosom
(d) so she will look sophisticated

3. Why does Eve resent the Westward family who are her relatives?
(a) becase they do not approve of Benny
(b) because of their lavish lifestyle in Westlands
(c) because they are Protestants
(d) because they want to tell her what to do

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Benny and Eve are going to Dublin to study, but where is Eve going instead of the university?

2. Why have twp officers been sent to Dun Laoghaire?

3. Who does Annabel suggest Benny make friends with in Knockglen?

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

5. What does Nan bring to Eve in the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens that makes Benny feel like a little traitor?

2. Why is Nan not really interested in the boys from school?

3. Explain why Brian wants Nan to study downstairs with her brothers.

4. Describe the hope and the reality about Benny's new dress for the party.

5. How does Nan react when Eve tells her all about Westward?

6. How does Benny reprimand her father for sending Sean to bring her home?

7. What does Benny learn about how Eve has lived all these years that Benny has pitied her?

8. Why are Benny and Eve in the Healy Hotel and what are they doing?

9. How does Eve eventually find out about the extent of her injuries?

10. What happens when Nan goes home after leaving the hospital?

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