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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the woman who gets Elizabeth to Dunlaoghaire?

2. What does Eileen hope Elizabeth's stay will result in?

3. Who is Maureen dating in Chapter 6?

4. What does Elizabeth begin attending in Chapter 4?

5. Who does Aisling hit it off with in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Joannie Murray do in Chapter 4?

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

4. What does Sean Sr. want before he would allow Sean Jr. to fight with the English?

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

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

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

8. What dismays Elizabeth on the purchasing trip she goes on with Stone?

9. What secret does Eileen keep from her family in Chapter 5?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and interpret Elizabeth's relationship with Henry. How do they meet? What are their first impressions of one another? Why does Elizabeth choose Henry over Stone? What problems arise in Elizabeth's marriage?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the death motif in the novel "Light a Penny Candle". Who dies in the novel and how do these deaths affect the characters and plot? What are the reasons for their deaths? What do the reactions of the loved ones left behind reveal of their relationships?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and interpret the conclusion of the novel "Light a Penny Candle". What happens at the end of the novel? Are there any unanswered questions? Why might Binchy have chosen to end the novel when she did?

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