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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. What type of hat does Farrington wear while he walks to the pub?
(a) A baseball cap.
(b) A plaid shepherd's cap.
(c) A cowboy hat.
(d) A beret.

2. At the end of "Clay," what is Joe unable to find?
(a) A nutcracker.
(b) His hat.
(c) A corkscrew.
(d) A prayer book.

3. What is the adjective used in the first paragraph of "A Painful Case" to describe Mr. Duffy's house?
(a) Noisy.
(b) Somber.
(c) Airy.
(d) Silent.

4. What is the setting as "Clay" begins?
(a) An art studio.
(b) A kitchen.
(c) A bedroom.
(d) A church.

5. Mr. Alleyne's accent signifies that he comes from where?
(a) London.
(b) Scotland.
(c) New York City.
(d) North of Ireland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are all Joe's children wearing?

2. What does Mr. Duffy always carry while he walks?

3. In "Clay," what time do the women take tea?

4. Which Pope do the men of "Grace" commend as intellectual and highly admirable?

5. Who is the king during "Ivy Day in the Committee Room"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the game that Maria plays with Joe's family and the neighbor girls.

2. How does Farrington spend his evening?

3. Describe Little Chandler's appearance.

4. How do the men in "Ivy Day in the Committee Room" react to Mr. Hynes's poem?

5. What happens to ruin the relationship between Mr. Duffy and Mrs. Sinico?

6. In "Clay", how do Maria's acquaintances think of Maria?

7. What happens when Mrs. Kearney demands that the Eire Abu Society fulfill their part of the contract?

8. How does Mrs. Kernan deal with her husband's drinking bouts?

9. What does the group of men in "Ivy Day in the Committee Room" meet to discuss?

10. What is the sermon the priest delivers in "Grace"?

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