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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Elizabeth have preserved in moth balls back in London?
(a) Her mother's wedding dress.
(b) Her winter wardrobe.
(c) An old doll.
(d) A confirmation gown.

2. What game does Elizabeth's father learn in Chapter 7?
(a) Backgammon.
(b) Euchre.
(c) Chess.
(d) Bridge.

3. What does Sean Jr.'s father do after his failure in Chapter 3?
(a) He bans any further talk of the army.
(b) He kicks Sean Jr. out of the house.
(c) He gets Sean a tutor.
(d) He puts Sean Jr. to work in the store.

4. Why do Elizabeth and Stone spend a night in a hotel in Chapter 8?
(a) The road is washed out.
(b) Stone is too tired to drive.
(c) The road is closed because of an accident.
(d) To spend some time alone together.

5. What does Sister Catherine suggest to Aisling in Chapter 7?
(a) That she get married right away.
(b) That she go to a commercial college.
(c) That she devote her life to the Church.
(d) That she move to London.

6. What religious matter does Elizabeth wonder in her letter to her mother in Chapter 3?
(a) Holy Communion.
(b) Limbo.
(c) Baptism.
(d) Pergatory.

7. What does Aisling's mother push her to do in Chapter 9?
(a) Get a job.
(b) Find a man.
(c) Leave Kilgarret.
(d) Apologize to Maureen.

8. How many times do Elizabeth's classmates baptize her?
(a) Seven times.
(b) One time.
(c) Four times.
(d) Ten times.

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

10. What does Sean Sr. do regularly after Sean Jr. enlists?
(a) Goes to church.
(b) He goes out drinking.
(c) Skips work.
(d) Writes Sean Jr. letters.

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

12. Where does Stone drive Elizabeth in Chapter 8?
(a) Patchway.
(b) Poole.
(c) Pickering.
(d) Preston.

13. Who does Aisling use as an excuse to get out of doing things in Chapter 4?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) The need to study.
(c) Her broken arm.
(d) Looking after her younger siblings.

14. What does Sean Jr. want to do that causes his mother anxiety in Chapter 2?
(a) Get married.
(b) Emigrate to America.
(c) Enlist in the army.
(d) Go to university.

15. Who does Violet argue with in Chapter 1?
(a) The postman.
(b) A neighbor.
(c) Elizabeth's teacher.
(d) Her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elizabeth begin attending in Chapter 4?

2. Who is the manager at Murray's?

3. Who is excited about Elizabeth's arrival in the O'Connor family?

4. What does Elizabeth tell Stone she will do with Nick's girlfriend in Chapter 10?

5. For how many years does Sean Sr. say the English have humiliated the Irish?

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