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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Violet die?
(a) From heart attack.
(b) From cancer.
(c) From kidney failure.
(d) By suicide.

2. Where does Stone invite Elizabeth to go in chapter 15?
(a) A skiffle club.
(b) The racetrack.
(c) A gallery.
(d) The theatre.

3. Who does Johnny take to Majorca?
(a) Susie.
(b) Sophie.
(c) Shelley.
(d) Shannon.

4. Where does Britain go to war in Chapter 17?
(a) Northern Ireland.
(b) The Falkland Islands.
(c) The Suez Canal.
(d) Gibralter.

5. What does Elizabeth notice about the O'Connor house when she sees it again in Chapter 12?
(a) It has been freshly painted.
(b) It is cold.
(c) It seems to have shrunk.
(d) It feels emptier.

6. What does Aisling suggest Ethel do in Chapter 17?
(a) Get her own flat.
(b) Cancel Christmas.
(c) Go on a trip.
(d) Have her son put in treatment.

7. Who does Elizabeth feel drawn to at the party in Chapter 14?
(a) Stone.
(b) Simon.
(c) Tony.
(d) Henry.

8. What does Aisling do at the end of Chapter 17?
(a) Makes a doctor's appointment.
(b) Leaves her husband.
(c) Prays a church.
(d) Telephones Elizabeth.

9. Where does Henry go for Christmas in Chapter 15?
(a) Dublin.
(b) Kilgarret.
(c) Liverpool.
(d) Manchester.

10. What news about Violet does Aisling learn in Chapter 12?
(a) That she is planning Elizabeth's wedding.
(b) That she tried to kill herself.
(c) That she has returned to George.
(d) That she has died.

11. According to Elizabeth, what would she do if Henry turned to drink?
(a) Blame herself.
(b) Force him to get treatment.
(c) Leave him.
(d) Kill him.

12. Who is Barbara?
(a) The woman Henry had an affair with.
(b) Elizabeth's co-worker.
(c) Violet's nurse.
(d) The woman Stone is seeing.

13. Who does Simon plan to marry in Chapter 20?
(a) An American girl.
(b) An Irish girl.
(c) A Welsh girl.
(d) A Scottish girl.

14. Who dies in Chapter 19?
(a) George.
(b) Sean.
(c) Eileen.
(d) Worsky.

15. What does Elizabeth name her baby?
(a) Catherine.
(b) Eileen.
(c) Emma.
(d) Violet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elizabeth hope for Aisling's new life in Chapter 13?

2. How does Stone react to his mother's death?

3. Who throws Elizabeth and Henry a party in Chapter 16?

4. Why does Eileen go to Dublin in Chapter 17?

5. How do Aisling and Tony offend their relatives in Chapter 15?

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