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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 14, Frances is reading a book by which author?
(a) James Joyce.
(b) George Eliot.
(c) Charles Dickens.
(d) Robert Fisk.

2. What is the name of the man Frances matches with on Tinder and goes on a date with in Chapter 21?
(a) Eoin.
(b) Desmond.
(c) James.
(d) Rossa.

3. Where is Nick's family home as a child?
(a) Killiney.
(b) Dalkey.
(c) Ballsbridge.
(d) Sandymount.

4. What does Nick ask Frances in Chapter 13 that surprises her?
(a) Whether she is contemplating dropping out of school.
(b) Whether she is poor.
(c) Whether she is really gay.
(d) Whether she is seeing anyone.

5. What does Nick suggest doing in Chapter 16 that prompts Bobbi to ask whether he has a death wish?
(a) Trying marijuana from a new drug dealer.
(b) Going for a swim in the ocean at night.
(c) Opening a bottle of wine.
(d) Leaving the house and skipping dinner with Valerie.

6. Why is everyone so stressed about the visitor coming the day before Frances and Bobbi leave Etables?
(a) The visitor is extremely unsociable and awkward.
(b) The visitor always brings many rowdy friends with her.
(c) The visitor is an alcoholic who always gets drunk and behaves terribly.
(d) There was a stressful incident with the same visitor the previous year.

7. What does Nick tell Frances about his mental health in Chapter 14?
(a) Nick tells Frances he has never had mood problems.
(b) Nick tells Frances bipolar disorder runs in his family.
(c) Nick tells Frances he takes medication for depression.
(d) Nick tells Frances he had had problems with hallucinations.

8. What does Frances start reading in Chapter 19?
(a) Early American Writing.
(b) Middlemarch.
(c) The gospels.
(d) Emma.

9. In Chapter 21, what does Frances tell Nick about that she was never able to tell Bobbi about?
(a) Her feelings about her own writing.
(b) Her feelings about sex.
(c) Her father's problems.
(d) Her relationship with her mother.

10. What does Frances say in Chapter 21 when Melissa says she should be disastrously unhappy at age 21?
(a) She is actually blissfully happy.
(b) She is working on it.
(c) She will never be happy unless she gets back together with Bobbi.
(d) She will never be happy until Nick leaves Melissa.

11. What does Bobbi buy for Frances the fourth night of their trip after they walk into town as a group?
(a) A book.
(b) A drink.
(c) An ice cream cone.
(d) A pack of cigarettes.

12. What is the documentary Nick is featured in as a child that Frances watches in Chapter 19?
(a) Talented Children of Ireland.
(b) Child Prodigy.
(c) Kid Genius!
(d) Our Future Scientists.

13. What does Frances find when she visits her father's house in Chapter 19?
(a) A dead body.
(b) Rancid food and maggots in the trash can.
(c) Twenty cats.
(d) Her father, passed out.

14. What does Bobbi tell Nick, Evelyn and Frances when she comes out to meet them upon their return from the supermarket in Chapter 16?
(a) They will never complete all the tasks Melissa asks for in the time they have available.
(b) Everything is under control.
(c) Tensions have been running high.
(d) She wants to go home that minute.

15. Why does Bobbi tell Frances she thinks it is possible to love more than one person at a time?
(a) Because there are too many people in the world for everyone to love just one.
(b) Because parents love more than one child, in different ways for each.
(c) Because open marriages have always worked.
(d) Because people have more than one friend at a time and it is the same thing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Melissa tell Valerie about France's poetry in Chapter 17?

2. What does Melissa ask Frances in Chapter 15 about Nick that surprises Frances?

3. What does Frances ask Nick to do in Chapter 20 when he gets home from France?

4. What does Melissa tell Frances about Nick in Chapter 15 that she struggles to understand the meaning of?

5. What kind of insects kept flying in through the windows in Chapter 15?

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