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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What career does Maureen O'Connor want to pursue in Chapter 3?
(a) Nursing.
(b) Dress-making.
(c) Teaching.
(d) Journalism.

2. What religious matter does Elizabeth wonder in her letter to her mother in Chapter 3?
(a) Baptism.
(b) Pergatory.
(c) Limbo.
(d) Holy Communion.

3. How did Stone feel when Elizabeth was away in Chapter 10?
(a) Liberated.
(b) Distracted.
(c) Bored.
(d) Lonely.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many years does Sean Sr. say the English have humiliated the Irish?

2. What does Sean Jr.'s father do after his failure in Chapter 3?

3. What does Elizabeth gain in Chapter 4?

4. Who does Violet argue with in Chapter 1?

5. What is the name of Maureen's friend in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Aisling's job search go in Chapter 8?

2. What does Elizabeth write to Aisling about in Chapter 9?

3. In Chapter 10, to what does Aisling equate sex?

4. How is Elizabeth accommodated as a non-Catholic? What do the nuns fail to notice about her in Chapter 4?

5. How has Violet changed in the time Elizabeth has been away?

6. In Chapter 3, what do Elizabeth's and Eileen's first letters to the Whites refer to?

7. What regrets does Elizabeth have as she settles back into life in London?

8. What circumstance is forcing Violet to send her daughter Elizabeth outside of London?

9. After leaving St. Mark convent school years ago, what have Violet and Eileen done with their lives?

10. What does Worsky warn Elizabeth about Stone? Why doesn't she pay attention?

(see the answer keys)

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