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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Elizabeth regret not being able to do upon her return to England?
(a) Practice Catholicism.
(b) Write to Aisling.
(c) See the stars at night.
(d) Play outside.

3. Who is the only person to notice that Elizabeth has lost her virginity?
(a) Worsky.
(b) Violet.
(c) Harry.
(d) Aisling.

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

5. Where in Ireland is Elizabeth sent?
(a) Kilkenny.
(b) Kerry.
(c) Kilgarret.
(d) Kilrea.

6. Who does Elizabeth meet in Dunloaghaire?
(a) Maureen.
(b) Eileen.
(c) Sean Jr.
(d) Tony.

7. Whose health worsens in Chapter 4?
(a) Maureen's.
(b) Donal's.
(c) Eileen's.
(d) Elizabeth's.

8. Where does Stone announce he is going during Aisling's goodbye dinner in Chapter 10?
(a) To Portugal.
(b) To the Mediterranean.
(c) To Ireland.
(d) To America.

9. Why does Sean Sr. damn his son in Chapter 4?
(a) For picking on his sisters.
(b) For being absent from the shop.
(c) For stealing money from the shop.
(d) For taking the truck for a drive.

10. How does Elizabeth feel when she arrives at the O'Connor household for the first time?
(a) Unwelcome.
(b) Overjoyed.
(c) Embarrassed.
(d) Afraid.

11. What dismays Elizabeth on her purchasing trip with Stone in Chapter 8?
(a) How unsuccessfull she is in negotiations.
(b) How rudely Stone treats people.
(c) How little Stone pays people.
(d) How little Stone says to her.

12. What does Violet finish reading at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) A letter from her mother.
(b) A romance novel.
(c) The bible.
(d) The newspaper.

13. What does Maureen's friend want to do for a living in Chapter 3?
(a) She wants to be a hair dresser.
(b) She wants to be a secretary.
(c) She wants to be an actress.
(d) She wants to be a writer.

14. Where does Elizabeth stay in order to give her parents time to talk in Chapter 7?
(a) Kilgarret.
(b) Monica's house.
(c) A hotel.
(d) Her grandmother's.

15. For how many years does Sean Sr. say the English have humiliated the Irish?
(a) One thousand years.
(b) Seventy years.
(c) Five hundred years.
(d) Eight hundred years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Violet insist Elizabeth make friends with in Chapter 6?

2. What career does Maureen O'Connor want to pursue in Chapter 3?

3. Who does Violet fall in love with in Chapter 6?

4. Who does Elizabeth seem to miss most about London?

5. What type of woman has Violet transformed into after the war?

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