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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Many people consider Lenehan, the protagonist of "Two Gallants," to be what?
(a) A jokester.
(b) A wise man.
(c) A leech.
(d) An academic.

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

4. The church fathers had written books as large as which book familiar to the narrator of "The Sisters"?
(a) Les Miserables.
(b) War and Peace.
(c) Post Office Directory.
(d) The Oxford English Dictionary.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is Mr. Doran's beard?

2. What musical instrument does Villona play well?

3. Eveline remembers that one day long ago she and her family had taken a picnic where?

4. At the very end of "Two Gallants," what is Corley holding in his hand?

5. Whose picture is above the harmonium in "Eveline"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Frank from the story, "Eveline".

2. Describe what happens when Father Flynn takes snuff.

3. Why can't Miss Mangan go to Araby?

4. What happens to the narrator at Araby?

5. What is Mrs. Mooney's plan with regard to Polly and Mr. Doran?

6. What did Father Flynn hope to do before he died?

7. At the end of the story, "Two Gallants," what does the object in Corley's hand signify?

8. Why does Old Cotter think children should spend time with other children rather than befriending old men?

9. What does Lenehan do while Corley is on his date?

10. What incident led to the decline in Father Flynn's health?

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