View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What job does Worsky hire Elizabeth for in Chapter 11?

2. What news does Aisling learn about Violet in Chapter 14?

3. What does Simon do to make Elizabeth uncomfortable in Chapter 20?

4. Who does Elizabeth worry will steal Stone away in Chapter 11?

5. What news about Violet does Aisling learn in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Aisling tell Elizabeth about married life in Chapter 14?

2. What career progress does Elizabeth make in Chapter 11? What does her father think about her activities?

3. How does Elizabeth quiet her father's insistence that she should marry soon in Chapter 14?

4. What upsets Eileen at the beginning of Chapter 17?

5. What surprises Aisling after the birth of baby Eileen?

6. What promise does Elizabeth make to Eileen before she dies?

7. Why is Violet hospitalized in Chapter 11? What does George think of this turn of events?

8. What insensitive behavior does Stone repeat in Chapter 19?

9. Who does Aisling begin an affair with in Chapter 20? Who almost discovers the affair?

10. What does Aisling innocently reveal to Henry in Chapter 20?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and interpret the parent-child relationships in the novel. Discuss the ups and downs of the following relationships:

a) Elizabeth and Violet/ Harry.

b) Elizabeth and George.

c) Sean Sr. and Sean Jr.

d) Aisling and Eileen.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What is the genre of the novel "Light a Penny Candle"? What are some examples of other works of this genre? What are the characteristics of this genre? What are some examples of these characteristics in "Light a Penny Candle"?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 766 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample