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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. Who is the man who enters the hotel and keeps looking at Nan?
(a) Rooney
(b) Sean Walsh
(c) Simon Westward
(d) John Foley

2. What is Aidan's joke that does not amuse Eve?
(a) that they will have lots of grandshildren
(b) that she is turning into another Nan
(c) that he met her in bed
(d) that she can't be seen when she walks with Benny

3. What does Eve say she has to do to be able to enroll in the university?
(a) get Mother Francis' approval
(b) ask for some money from someone
(c) get out of the hospital
(d) apply for a scholarship

4. What does Jack say that surprises Benny when he invites her to lunch the day after the dance?
(a) he got her number from Rosemary
(b) he has her modesty vest
(c) he wants her to get to know his mother
(d) it will just be the two of them

5. Who was Bunty Brown that Mother Francis tells Kit about?
(a) herself as a young girl
(b) a friend of Jack's
(c) one of her nuns
(d) a girl who died young

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. What opinion do Eve and Benny have of Sean?

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

4. How does Mother Francis hope Eve is treated in Dublin?

5. Instead of the blue velvet dress, what does Benny receive?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Eve's character established early on in the novel?

2. How does Jack learn what happened in the accident?

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

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

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

6. How does Eve accept Benny's explanation for why she cannot stay overnight with Eve?

7. Describe the problem arising over Eve's future education.

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

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

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

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