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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. Who is the school teacher who befriends Vera?

2. Adam comes from a ______________ family.

3. Stuart and Pat's life centers primarily on ___________________.

4. Brixton is a neighborhood heavily populated with ___________________.

5. How old is Rose's father?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Vera's married life just as dysfunctional as her childhood had been?

2. How does Shirley prove to be the most sensitive person in the story?

3. Who is Mary and what preoccupies her thoughts as the Christmas holiday approaches?

4. What is the premise of "Stockwell"?

5. What does Mona learn about her own mother's view of her death from cancer that is similar to her own?

6. Describe Vera's childhood and how she prepares to leave her situation.

7. Why does Nan especially enjoy having Shirley as a customer?

8. What is the premise of "Highbury & Islington"?

9. Why does Rose want to take her father to Paris?

10. What is the premise of "Green Park"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the role of women in Ireland and England in the 1970s as Binchy portrays them. What precedents were they forced to follow? What role does poverty play in their lives? How does religion rule over their choices? How do they tend to view relationships with men?

Essay Topic 2

Judgmentalism is an important theme in LONDON TRANSPORTS. Can you cite an example to support this theme? Name two other themes and cite examples to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast two of your favorite characters from LONDON TRANSPORTS. What drives both of them? How are their personalities similar? On what points do they differ? Why are their differences classic examples of conflict in drama? What other similarities and dissimilarities are there between the two characters?

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