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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 is Jack upset when he talks to Benny?

2. How has working in the shop changed Annabel?

3. What does Jack not know when he arranges for Nan to meet him at the cottage?

4. Where does Nan tell her mother she is going while she is packing her bag?

5. What happens when Kit invites Paddy Hickey for tea?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Nan do when she is sure she is pregnant?

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

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

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

6. How does Sean manipulate an invitation to the Hogan's house for Christmas?

7. What advice of Nan's does Benny use to dissuade her father from walking her to Eve's party and coming to collect her later?

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

9. Why does Eve say they have to tell everyone about Jack and Nan?

10. What foils Nan's plans to tell Jack she is pregnant at Eve's cottage?

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 Negative Effects of Stern Religion. Mother Clare is your example for this essay. (1) Note Mother Clare's opinion that Mother Francis is too lenient with Eve. (2) Point out Eve's dislike for Mother Clare, even trying to deal with her as a Wise Woman should. (3) Discuss how Mother Clare's sternness appears to be motivated to some extent by jealousy. Conclude your essay with a discussion about how unwillingness to compromise drives wedges between people.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write an essay of at least two typed, double-spaced pages on Simon Westward's Money Problems. Discuss the two sides of Simon--his willingness to help Eve with her tuition money and Heather's obvious affection for him as contrasted with his dalliance with Nan while still pursuing the English widow in order to get the money to save his family's estate. Conclude with an observation about how financial problems often affect the personality of the people who have them.

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