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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 Jack have to tell Benny?

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

3. What is the close call Jack and Nan have in Knockglen?

4. What is Benny's reaction when Jack tells her he took Nan to the dance?

5. What is Sean's surprise proposal to the Hogans?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What do Benny and Annabel learn about the lawyer?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 2

Write an essay of at least two typed, double-spaced pages on How Adults and their Biases Can Ruin the Lives of Children. Begin with Eve and the absurdity of her grandparents to refuse to take her in after her parents died because her father had been Catholic. Demonstrate how their behavior made Eve bitter and hurt her deeply without any fault of her own. Next deal with Heather who was taken in after her parents were killed only to suffer almost the same treatment that Eve had. Heather wants to attend Mother Francis' school but runs into the objection that it is a Catholic school. Simon and his grandfather want to send her to a boarding school she hates. conclude with a generality about how many different things adults do may make a child's life miserable.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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