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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 does Harry ask to make in Chapter 18?

2. Who does Johnny take to Majorca?

3. How many weeks is Tony sober before resuming drinking in Chapter 18?

4. Where does Elizabeth have her wedding reception?

5. How does Stone react to his mother's death?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What changes occur in Elizabeth's love life in Chapter 15? What difficulties does Aisling face in her marriage in Chapter 15?

3. How do Aisling's family in Kilgarret respond to her decision to leave Tony?

4. Why does Elizabeth decline to invite Stone to Aisling's wedding? What does Eileen tell Elizabeth when she arrives for the wedding?

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

6. After the death of Elizabeth's mother, what does Eileen advise her to do?

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

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

9. What causes Tony to start drinking again in Chapter 16?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Elizabeth's and Aisling's growth as characters. How do they grow throughout the novel? How are they able to do this? How does their friendship evolve along the way?

Essay Topic 2

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"?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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