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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What name does Lenehan call Corley with regard to Corley's romantic exploits?
(a) Don Johnson.
(b) Lothario.
(c) Don Juan.
(d) Gigalow.

2. In "After the Race," where are the race cars going?
(a) Belfast.
(b) Norway.
(c) Dublin.
(d) The English Channel.

3. What expensive gift did the girlfriend once give Corley?
(a) A pocketwatch.
(b) Two cigars.
(c) A car.
(d) A bottle of very old wine.

4. What did Father Butler catch Leo Dillon reading?
(a) High Noon.
(b) The Apache Chief.
(c) Standoff at Little Bighorn.
(d) The Bloody Saloon.

5. In the first paragraph of "The Sisters," the narrator states that he will know if his friend is dead because he will see what in the window?
(a) An old woman wearing black.
(b) A ghost.
(c) Two candles.
(d) A black curtain.

6. What coin does the narrator of "Araby" carry with him on his evening out?
(a) A florin.
(b) A pound.
(c) A shilling.
(d) A sixpence.

7. Where does the narrator of "Araby" wait every day to see the girl he likes?
(a) At his bedroom window.
(b) In the front parlor.
(c) Behind the big tree on the corner.
(d) At the mailbox.

8. The narrator of "An Encounter" mentions that he prefers which genre of literature to the Wild West stories?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Pulp fiction.
(c) American detective stories.
(d) Stories of battles at sea.

9. Where is Eveline's mother?
(a) She is pulling up weeds in the garden.
(b) She is ill.
(c) She is working in a factory.
(d) She is dead.

10. What time is it at the conclusion of "After the Race"?
(a) 1:00 AM.
(b) Daybreak.
(c) 3:00 AM.
(d) Dusk.

11. According to "After the Race," where do Segouin and Doyle meet each other?
(a) Rome.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) The wharf.
(d) Dublin University.

12. On the day the narrator wishes to go to Araby, what time does the narrator's uncle get home?
(a) 9:00 PM.
(b) 2:30 PM.
(c) 11:00 PM.
(d) 11:30 AM.

13. The first paragraph of "Eveline" mentions the smell of which object?
(a) Dusty cretonne.
(b) Baking bread.
(c) Lye soap.
(d) Rusty cast-iron skillet.

14. What does the servant Mary make out of the leftover bread crusts in "The Boarding House"?
(a) Bread pudding.
(b) Stuffing.
(c) Nothing, because she throws them away.
(d) Croutons.

15. In "An Encounter," what form of discipline for schoolboys who are caught talking to girls does the old man prefer?
(a) Whipping.
(b) Lecturing.
(c) Expulsion.
(d) Detention.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does Eveline receive for wages each week?

2. At what time do Corley and Lenehan reunite?

3. Over dinner in "After the Race," Villona discusses the beauty of which type of music?

4. For whom does Mr. Mooney work after he and Mrs. Mooney separate?

5. What does the narrator of "Araby" find in the stall he enters?

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