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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mother Francis arrange for Eve and Kit to be alone together?

2. Who is the male character introduced in this chapter who lives in comparative luxury and loves rugby?

3. Why is Eve's estranged grandfather in a wheelchair?

4. What funny thing does the Protestant Heather want to know about nuns?

5. What does Benny say is considered a sin in the town?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are two surprises Eve gets when she visits Westlands?

3. How do Benny and Annabel discuss Eve?

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

5. Describe the first pangs of Jealousy Benny feels with Nan and Eve.

6. What is the tragedy at the end of Chapter 3?

7. Why does Dr. Foley ask his son Jack to drive him to Knockglen?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay of at least two typed, double-spaced pages on the Symbolism of the Cottage in Circle of Friends. (1) How does the cottage symbolize permanence for Eve? (2) How does it symbolize security for Heather? (3) How does the cottage symbolize betrayal? Go into detail with these three points by pointing to passages from the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay of at least two typed, double-spaced pages on Rising to the Occasion. Use the character of Annabel in three phases--first, as a dutiful housewife and subservient to her husband Eddie; second, as a devastated widow ill prepared to manage life without a husband; and third, as a businesswoman, changed and confident as she learns to manage the business.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay of at least two typed, double-spaced pages on Superficiality. Divide the essay into two main parts--first, discuss Nan and Simon who go on appearances and how that causes them both to make bad choices. Discuss how Nan's affectation of good breeding and elegant dressing could not alter the manipulative person she really was. Mention Simon's first impression that Nan was rich because of what he saw and how appearances in that case were all a lie.

In the second part, discuss making judgments on appearance using the towns people's reaction to Clodagh and Fonzie who are good-hearted but look different.

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