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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 is Benny unusual in her community?
(a) she is older than she looks
(b) she is taller than the boys
(c) she is an only child
(d) she is adopted

2. Trying to hide her resentment of having to come home each night from university, how does Annabell interpret Benny's responses?
(a) she thinks Benny is overly excited
(b) she thinks Benny wants to get married
(c) she thinks Benny wants to stay home
(d) she thinks Benny is just nervous

3. Why does Nan not notify her parents?
(a) her mother has a heart condition
(b) her mother is at work and her father will make a fuss
(c) she thinks they will make her come home
(d) she knows they don't care

4. What does Benny say is considered a sin in the town?
(a) being showy
(b) thinking about boys
(c) looking at magazines
(d) wearing flashy clothes

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Trying on the dress Clodagh makes for her, what does Eve say when Benny says she looks like the prow of a ship?

2. As a big dance approaches, what are Bill and Jack discussing?

3. Who was Bunty Brown that Mother Francis tells Kit about?

4. Why does Dr. John Foley want his son, Jack, to drive him to Knockglen?

5. What is Benny's father's business?

Short Essay Questions

1. What develops for Eve as a result of the accident?

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

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

4. Explain the invention of Eve and Benny they use to sort out their problems.

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

6. How does Benny learn the name of the driver of the car involved in the accident?

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

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

9. What does Benny do before what she thinks is a date with Jack?

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

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