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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 Benny go to work at the shop?

2. Why does Jack pull of the road on the way to take Benny to Knockglen?

3. What does Jack do when Benny touches his face?

4. What does Kit receive after Joseph dies?

5. Who finds out when Mother Clare is leaving Knockglen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Jacks suggestion to Benny when they can go around together in Dublin?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why are Eve and Benny not happy with Nan's seeing Simon?

10. How does Benny get home to Knockglen after the news arrives that her father has died?

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 Character of Benny in Circle of Friends. Divide the essay into three main points--Benny physically, Benny mentally and psychologically, and Benny at the end of the novel.

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 Dealing With Death in Circle of Friends. First, describe how Kit needs Mother Francis' help to deal with the death of her son, Frank; and next, describe how Benny and Annabel deal with Eddie's death by depending on each other. Conclude with the part good friendships play during times of tragedy.

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