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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What do the two neighbor girls of "Clay" bring to share with everyone?
(a) Nuts.
(b) Colored eggs.
(c) Cookies.
(d) Crumpets.
2. In the first paragraph of "Clay," what is sitting on one of the tables?
(a) A fisherman's cap.
(b) A potter's wheel.
(c) Four barmbracks.
(d) Two silver candlesticks.
3. What city does Gallaher strongly recommend that Little Chandler visit?
(a) Florence.
(b) London.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Paris.
4. What does Mr. Duffy always carry while he walks?
(a) A pipe.
(b) A newspaper.
(c) An umbrella.
(d) A hazel walking stick.
5. What does the matron in "Clay" call Maria one day?
(a) An ingrate.
(b) A lazy bum.
(c) An angel from heaven.
(d) A peacemaker.
6. What does Farrington's son offer to do by way of apology for offending Farrington?
(a) Get a job.
(b) Feed the pigs.
(c) Rebuild the fire.
(d) Say a Hail Mary.
7. What does Little Chandler have to drink in "A Little Cloud"?
(a) Red wine.
(b) Beer.
(c) Whiskey and water.
(d) Rum.
8. Mr. Duffy has a book of whose poetry at one end of his bookshelf?
(a) Keats.
(b) Wordsworth.
(c) Browning.
(d) Shakespeare.
9. How many grown children do Mr. and Mrs. Kernan have?
(a) One.
(b) None.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.
10. What does the man in the cycling suit in "Grace" give the injured man to revive him?
(a) Castor oil.
(b) Smelling salts.
(c) Brandy.
(d) Cough medicine.
11. In "Clay," when Maria has visitors, what does she give them?
(a) Wine.
(b) Cuttings from her plants.
(c) Tea and cookies.
(d) Pencils with the name of her company printed on them.
12. To what school does Old Jack send his son?
(a) Cambridge.
(b) University of Dublin.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Christian Brothers.
13. How does Little Chandler attempt to stop the baby's crying?
(a) He sings a lullabye.
(b) He yells.
(c) He recites poetry.
(d) He begins to cry too.
14. One of the onlookers in "Grace" admits to having served the protagonist what?
(a) A bottle of wine.
(b) Some painkillers.
(c) A small rum.
(d) A large plate of fish and chips.
15. What does Mr. Alleyne's head resemble?
(a) A mushroom.
(b) A basketball.
(c) An egg.
(d) A wolverine's head.
Short Answer Questions
1. In "Ivy Day in the Committee Room," who recites a poem?
2. How much money does Farrington have left after his drinking binge?
3. How many characters from "Grace" go to church together?
4. Mr. Duffy attends the meetings of which group?
5. What is the adjective used in the first paragraph of "A Painful Case" to describe Mr. Duffy's house?
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