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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, 1956-1960, Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aisling bring to her interview in Chapter 8?
(a) Her youngest sister.
(b) The certificates from her school.
(c) Some jam preserves.
(d) A newspaper article about her work.

2. What does Violet worry about after receiving Elizabeth's letter in Chapter 3?
(a) Her lack of homesickness.
(b) Her grades in school.
(c) Her extreme homesickness.
(d) Her health.

3. How do Aisling and Tony offend their relatives in Chapter 15?
(a) By spending their first night alone in Dunloaghaire.
(b) By skipping Christmas dinner.
(c) By not sending postcards during their honeymoon.
(d) By returning a few wedding gifts.

4. How is Sean Jr. killed?
(a) During flooding.
(b) By a mine.
(c) In a car accident.
(d) By accidental poisoning.

5. Why is Joannie sent to a convent school in Chapter 7?
(a) To improve her grades.
(b) Tony catches her with her boyfriend.
(c) It is tradition in her family.
(d) She is caught shoplifting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fr. Mahony say about the Murrays in Chapter 13?

2. What does Elizabeth refuse to do in her relationship with Stone in Chapter 9?

3. Who is Sean?

4. Why does Elizabeth not want her mother to visit the O'Connor house?

5. Why does Elizabeth enter the men's room in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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