View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Healy call the way Fonsie is dressed for Holy Communion?

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

3. Why does Nan invite Benny to lunch at the Hibernian?

4. What causes everyone to become concerned in Knockglen?

5. What is Mother Francis trying to do with the cottage?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 2

Write an essay of at least two typed, double-spaced pages on Rising to the Occasion. Use the character of Annabel in three phases--first, as a dutiful housewife and subservient to her husband Eddie; second, as a devastated widow ill prepared to manage life without a husband; and third, as a businesswoman, changed and confident as she learns to manage the business.

Essay Topic 3

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.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 726 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample