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

2. According to the abortionist, how long have women been having abortions?
(a) Since time began.
(b) Since Egyptian times.
(c) Since Victorian times.
(d) Since Roman times.

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aisling do that pleases Elizabeth in Chapter 2?

2. What does Maureen's friend want to do for a living in Chapter 3?

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

4. What is the name of the abortionist that Elizabeth goes to?

5. What does Violet admit in her note in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sean Jr. have a desire to do and why?

2. How does Elizabeth continue her conversion to Catholicism in Chapter 5?

3. How does Violet annoy Eileen in Chapter 4?

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

5. What does Violet worry about Elizabeth in Chapter 3?

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

7. What does Aisling report in a letter to Elizabeth in Chapter 6?

8. What paths do Aisling and Elizabeth pursue in Chapter 7?

9. When Elizabeth sees Violet and Harry in Chapter 8, what does Harry encourage her to do? How has her mother changed?

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

(see the answer keys)

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