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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. Where does Nan tell Jack she is going?
2. What does Heather complain that she does not have?
3. What is Simon's response when Nan says they should marry?
4. How do John and Lilly react to Jack's news that he and Nan must marry?
5. Why does Benny go to work at the shop?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the resolution for Benny at the end of the novel?
2. What does Benny learn from Eve about where Jack and Nan went for their trysts.
3. What foils Nan's plans to tell Jack she is pregnant at Eve's cottage?
4. What do Benny and Annabel learn about the lawyer?
5. What is the exchange between Jack and Benny the morning after Jack took Nan to a dance?
6. How does Jack show his naivety after being at the cottage three times with Nan?
7. What does Nan do when she is sure she is pregnant?
8. How does Benny get home to Knockglen after the news arrives that her father has died?
9. Thinking about Jack and Nan, how close does Benny come to the real truth?
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 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.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay of at least two typed, double-spaced pages on Heather as Hope for the Future. Binchy uses the child Heather to take aim at religious prejudice. (1) Show how Heather is unaffected by the Protestant/Catholic labels as she develops a relationship with Eve; (2) Discuss how Heather adapts to Mother Francis' school in preference to the boarding school in Dublin; (3) Mention Heather's enjoyment and excitement over being in the Easter pageant at St. Mary's. Evaluate how well Binchy is saying that people of all religions can live comfortably together.
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