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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. Why does Even not go to university with Benny?
(a) her grades were not good enough
(b) she wants to learn a trade and go to work
(c) she could not get money from her inheritance
(d) the convent cannot afford to send her there

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

3. What funny thing does the Protestant Heather want to know about nuns?
(a) if they bathe with their clothes on
(b) if they eat Protestant children
(c) if they ever wear bright colors
(d) if they sleep in coffins

4. Why does Kit feel sorry for Benny?
(a) she thinks Benny is too protected
(b) she is being overshadowned by Nan
(c) she thinks Eve is about to forget her
(d) she doesn't know how the girls make fun of her

5. What do Eve and Simon argue about?
(a) his appearance at the hotel
(b) his improper dress
(c) Heather's school
(d) Heather's allowance

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Jack Foley meet in the hospital?

2. Why is Annabel sure that Benny will bring home new friends from Dublin?

3. What makes Benny think she still has a chance for a date to the dance?

4. What exposes Benny's lack of sophistication when asked to join a Dutch party?

5. How does Nan see the boys from the university?

Short Essay Questions

1. Detail what portends a future problem in the novel.

2. How does Nan get a generous allowance from her father, Brian Mahon, when she starts at the university?

3. What is Nan's activity at the dance?

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

5. What do Eve and Heather talk about as they get better acquainted?

6. How does Benny show her innocence when Jack invites her to a Dutch party?

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

8. What is significant about Jack's breaking off with Shirley?

9. What surprise awaits Benny when she goes to meet Jack?

10. When does the friendship begin between Benny and Eve?

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