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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 does Violet worry about after receiving Elizabeth's letter in Chapter 3?
(a) Her extreme homesickness.
(b) Her grades in school.
(c) Her lack of homesickness.
(d) Her health.

2. According to Elizabeth, why does she have sex with Stone?
(a) Because she enjoys it.
(b) Because Stone threatens her.
(c) Because it is a normal part of life for him.
(d) Because she wants to get pregnant.

3. What does Aisling do that pleases Elizabeth in Chapter 2?
(a) She tells her brother to stop pushing Elizabeth.
(b) She invites Elizabeth to skip rope.
(c) She gives Elizabeth a candy.
(d) She makes a sign for their bedroom.

4. Who stands up for Donal in Chapter 5?
(a) Eamonn.
(b) Aisling.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Maureen.

5. Who is Elizabeth employed by at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) Mr. Brace.
(b) Mr. Coghlan.
(c) Mr. Worsky.
(d) Mr. Ellis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Stone announce he is going during Aisling's goodbye dinner in Chapter 10?

2. To what does Aisling equate Kilgarret?

3. What does Sean Jr. fail in Chapter 3?

4. Why does Dr. Lynch visit the O'Connor house in Chapter 5?

5. What does Harry suggest Elizabeth do in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Aisling explain is the way pre-marital pregnancy is dealt with in Kilgarret?

2. When does Elizabeth realize that Stone will never meet her half way in their relationship?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Joannie end up being sent to a convent school in Chapter 7?

9. In Chapter 9, why does Aisling decide she wants to travel? What opportunity soon presents itself?

10. What does Violet announce the day before Elizabeth's sixteenth birthday?

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