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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 was Bunty Brown that Mother Francis tells Kit about?

2. Who does Nan leave to come speak with Benny?

3. Who does Jack Foley meet in the hospital?

4. Why does Mother Francis tell Benny to call her father instead of Annabel?

5. What are Eve and Benny secretly doing at Healy's prior to leaving for Dublin?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How do Benny and Annabel discuss Eve?

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 2

Write an essay of at least two typed, double-spaced pages on Benny as an Unlikely Heroine. (1) Define her strengths and weaknesses. (2) Explain why you think

Maeve Binchy chose a girl like Benny to be the central character of the novel. (3) How do you see Benny as the epitome of a good friend? (4) Discuss Benny as

an overprotected young lady who acquiesces to her parents' rules.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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