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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 extreme homesickness.
(b) Her grades in school.
(c) Her health.
(d) Her lack of homesickness.

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

3. What does Elizabeth refuse to do in her relationship with Stone in Chapter 9?
(a) Entertain thoughts of marrying him.
(b) Force him into a commitment.
(c) Sleep with him again.
(d) Allow him to call all the shots.

4. What is the name of Violet's husband?
(a) George.
(b) Oliver.
(c) Arnold.
(d) Humphry.

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

6. What does Eileen do in Chapter 2 that is quite unlike Violet?
(a) She gets Elizabeth ready for breakfast in a brisk manner.
(b) She hugs Elizabeth.
(c) She swears at her children.
(d) She doesn't talk back when Sean insults her.

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

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

9. What does Violet admit in her note in Chapter 5?
(a) That she is depressed.
(b) That she is pregnant.
(c) That she doesn't miss Elizabeth.
(d) That she has found religion.

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

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

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

13. How is Violet described physically in Chapter 8?
(a) As more beautiful.
(b) As grayer.
(c) As thinner.
(d) As plumper.

14. What is the name of the abortionist that Elizabeth goes to?
(a) Mrs. Austell.
(b) Mrs. Norris.
(c) Mrs. Cray.
(d) Mrs. Williams.

15. How is the atmosphere at the White house described as in Chapter 6?
(a) Tense.
(b) Relaxed.
(c) Angry.
(d) Loving.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elizabeth wonder after having sex with Stone in Chapter 8?

2. What does Sean Jr. want to do that causes his mother anxiety in Chapter 2?

3. What is Maureen caught doing in Chapter 4?

4. Where in Ireland is Elizabeth sent?

5. How many times do Elizabeth's classmates baptize her?

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