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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. What does Aisling think of intercourse in Chapter 7?
(a) She enjoys it.
(b) She thinks it makes people act crazy.
(c) She believes it should be done only to conceive children.
(d) She believes it is overrated.

4. Besides Violet and Harry, who do Elizabeth and Stone visit in Chapter 8?
(a) The Conlins.
(b) The Sparkses.
(c) The O'Connors.
(d) The Lynches.

5. What does George fear about Elizabeth when she comes home in Chapter 6?
(a) That Elizabeth will have become a stranger.
(b) That Elizabeth will disrespect him and her mother.
(c) That Elizabeth school grades will suffer.
(d) That Elizabeth will make him feel guilty.

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

7. What is the name of the woman who gets Elizabeth to Dunlaoghaire?
(a) Mrs. Lyre.
(b) Mrs. Owen.
(c) Mrs. Moriarty.
(d) Mrs. Mahoney.

8. What does Elizabeth wonder after having sex with Stone in Chapter 8?
(a) Whether she has beat Aisling to be the first to experience sex.
(b) Whether she is pregnant.
(c) Whether Stone will marry her.
(d) Whether she has offended God.

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

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

11. What does Elizabeth feel well enough to do by Tuesday in Chapter 10?
(a) Watch a movie.
(b) Take a river cruise.
(c) Go shopping.
(d) Call her mother.

12. Who agrees to take in Elizabeth?
(a) The O'Quinns.
(b) The Brennans.
(c) The Campbells.
(d) The O'Connors.

13. How does George behave at the party in Chapter 10?
(a) Out-of-control.
(b) Unsociably.
(c) Jolly.
(d) Graciously.

14. In what direction do Violet and Harry move in Chapter 7?
(a) East.
(b) North.
(c) West.
(d) South.

15. What is the name of Maureen's friend in Chapter 3?
(a) Berna.
(b) Fiona.
(c) Abbie.
(d) Meghan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aisling's mother push her to do in Chapter 9?

2. Why does Dr. Lynch visit the O'Connor house in Chapter 5?

3. According to Elizabeth, why does she have sex with Stone?

4. What does Elizabeth have preserved in moth balls back in London?

5. What does Elizabeth's school in England smell like?

(see the answer keys)

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