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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. Who does Jack Foley meet in the hospital?

2. Who is the driver of the car that hits Jack and Eve?

3. Why did Eve's family not take her in after her parents died?

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

5. At the party, why does Benny hide in the cloak room?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Eve wearing at the dance that gets her many compliments?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Paying the Piper. The essay should center on Jack. Three main points are his looks and athletic ability that have many girls around him all the time; his failure to seduce Benny and substituting the opportunistic Nan; followed by his loss of Benny. Conclude with the generality that people pay for their mistakes.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay of at least two typed, double-spaced pages on Empathy. Mother Francis is the most empathetic character in the novel. Discuss in your essay the different ways she deals with Eve, Kit, and Heather. Conclude with an evaluation of empathizing with people's particular problems.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay of at least two typed, double-spaced pages on Resentment and Anger. Use the character of Eve in three aspects--first, her resentment and anger at the Westward family; second, her growing suspicion of Nan; and third, her anger directed at Nan over what she did to Benny and the fact that she did it in her cottage.

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