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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. What does Heather complain that she does not have?

2. What was Mr. Flood's strange ailment before he is cured?

3. Why does Benny go to work at the shop?

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

5. Who figures out that Heather is hiding out in Eve's cottage?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is the meeting like at the cafe when Kit and Joseph are there?

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

8. 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?

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

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

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 My Recommendation for Circle of Friends. In your essay that either recommends the novel or not, be specific in your reasons. Deal with (1) the plot line and sub plots; (2) the development of the characters; and (3) the use of complications. After analyzing the story, put your recommendation at the end of the essay.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay of at least two typed, double-spaced pages on The Influence of Younger Generations. First, deal with the character of Clodagh and how she impacts Peggy Pine's business which, in turn, changes business in other establishments. Next, deal with her impact on Benny whose life is changed by wearing Clodagh's low cut gown. Finally, show how Clodagh and Fonzie begin to break down prejudices by wearing Clodagh's fashions. Conclude with an observation about how towns tend to dry up when all the young generation leaves.

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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