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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Elizabeth's school in England smell like?
(a) Chalk dust.
(b) Mildew.
(c) Disinfectant.
(d) Lavender.

2. Who does Violet insist Elizabeth make friends with in Chapter 6?
(a) Melissa.
(b) Monica.
(c) Miranda.
(d) Molly.

3. What does Aisling tell Elizabeth she dislikes doing in Chapter 10?
(a) Having to fight off Tony's sexual advances.
(b) Living in Kilgarett.
(c) Going to confession.
(d) Working for her parents.

4. What type of woman has Violet transformed into after the war?
(a) A sporty woman.
(b) An angry woman.
(c) A fashionable woman.
(d) A gutsy woman.

5. What does Elizabeth begin attending in Chapter 4?
(a) Counseling sessions.
(b) Mass.
(c) Summer school.
(d) Music lessons.

6. What does Sean Jr. fail in Chapter 3?
(a) A school examination.
(b) A health examination.
(c) An enlistment examination.
(d) A driving examination.

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

8. What does Aisling write Elizabeth about Sister Catherine in Chapter 6?
(a) That Sister Catherine is determined to expel her.
(b) That Sister Catherine still talks about Elizabeth.
(c) That Sister Catherine is tutoring her.
(d) That Sister Catherine is leaving the nunhood.

9. Who does Eileen write to in order to have Elizabeth excused from the class in Chapter 3?
(a) Mother Bonaventura.
(b) Mother Celestina.
(c) Mother Leonora.
(d) Mother Magdala.

10. Why does Elizabeth not want her mother to visit the O'Connor house?
(a) She knows Sean would be rude to her mother.
(b) She doesn't like her mother.
(c) The journey will be difficult for her mother.
(d) She fears her mother will not fit in.

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

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

13. Who is Sean?
(a) Elizabeth's uncle.
(b) Eileen's husband.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A police officer.

14. What shocking news does Violet tell Elizabeth at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) That Violet had an abortion.
(b) That George is having an affair.
(c) That Violet is dying.
(d) That Violet is getting a divorce.

15. How might one describe Elizabeth in Chapter 1?
(a) Bold.
(b) Sickly.
(c) Timid.
(d) Eccentric.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the woman who gets Elizabeth to Dunlaoghaire?

2. Who does Violet argue with in Chapter 1?

3. Who is the manager at Murray's?

4. What does Aisling think of intercourse in Chapter 7?

5. How does Elizabeth feel when she arrives at the O'Connor household for the first time?

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