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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 news does Aisling learn about Violet in Chapter 14?

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

3. What does Elizabeth name her baby?

4. Where do Aisling and Tony go for their honeymoon?

5. What does Elizabeth smirk at during the reception in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Aisling look forward to on her wedding day?

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

10. What difficulties does Aisling face with Tony in Chapter 17? What conclusion does she come to about her marriage?

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

Discuss the setting of the novel. How important is the setting to novel? How does WWII affect the characters? What does Ireland teach Elizabeth? What does England teach Aisling? What differences are illustrated between England and Ireland? What if the novel had been set in a different place and time? In your opinion, would the choices of the protagonists be different? If so, how?

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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