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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 must the O'Connor children do on Saturday nights to appease their mother in Chapter 4?

2. Why does Maureen move to Dublin in Chapter 5?

3. What dismays Elizabeth on her purchasing trip with Stone in Chapter 8?

4. Who is Elizabeth employed by at the end of Chapter 7?

5. How does Elizabeth feel when she arrives at the O'Connor household for the first time?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Elizabeth pray for in Chapter 5?

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

6. How does Elizabeth respond to Aisling's questions about sex?

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

8. Why does Aisling insist on going sightseeing? What shocks Aisling on a tour of the Art College?

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 Joannie Murray do in Chapter 4?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of religion in the novel "Light a Penny Candle". How does Elizabeth's move to Ireland introduce her to a new faith? How does her new faith influence her? What is the connection between the novel's motif of guilt and its theme of religion? Are Elizabeth and Aisling religious people?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and interpret the characters Elizabeth and Aisling. What are their defining character traits? What struggles and obstacles do they face throughout the novel? What are their goals and motives?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of family in the novel "Light a Penny Candle". Who are the members of Elizabeth's family? Who are the members of Aisling's family? How important is family to Elizabeth and Aisling? What obstacles do Elizabeth and Aisling face because of their families? How do their families help them overcome obstacles or grow as characters?

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