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

2. Who prevents Kit from coming to Knockglen for Christmas?
(a) the boys in her house
(b) her brother comes to visit
(c) she is ill
(d) Mother Clare

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

4. What does Nan say about Eve after she is coy about the outing?
(a) she says likes the way Eve keeps secrets
(b) she says Eve never notices anything
(c) she says Eve plays too many games
(d) she says would hate to have Eve as an enemy

5. What is Nan planning to tell Jack?
(a) that she loves him
(b) that she is pregnant with his child
(c) that she is leaving the country
(d) that she no longer wants to see him

Short Answer Questions

1. What is troubling Nan when Emily finds her lying in bed?

2. Whose death becomes the talk of the town?

3. Where does Nan tell Jack she is going?

4. What does Patsy say about how Benny's parents feel about a relationship between Benny and Sean?

5. What is Lilly's reaction to Nan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What advice does Dr. Johnson give Annabel when Eddie dies and why does he give it?

2. Thinking about Jack and Nan, how close does Benny come to the real truth?

3. How does Jack show his naivety after being at the cottage three times with Nan?

4. What is the exchange between Jack and Benny the morning after Jack took Nan to a dance?

5. What do Heather and Benny do when Benny finds her at the cottage?

6. What do Benny and Annabel learn about the lawyer?

7. What is the meeting like at the cafe when Kit and Joseph are there?

8. What does Benny learn from Eve about where Jack and Nan went for their trysts.

9. On their date at the restaurant, what romantic thing takes place?

10. What does Emily find in Nan's room that indicates her ambition to join high society?

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